Jimmy Carter just won the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize

[olena]

They just showed the announcement. The candidate pool was a record-breaker.....including Karzai, Bush and Bono.....

 

[Doctor P]

That is awesome! He has redefined the role of an ex-president.

 

[shortbun]

He has emerged as a true leader. I'm
so happy for him. Our country is so lucky
to have him representing us!

 

[Cindy B]

So awesome.

He is an amazing guy. He came to my church once when he was visiting in Philly. Very strange seeing Secret Service guys in church!

Other people, (elders, minister) said he was very nice, and very very gracious/kind.

He has done so much for the world, and he truly has redefined the word PEACE. I honestly think he would do well if he ran again, but that is highly uhlikely.

 

[olena]

OSLO, Norway (AP) - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday "for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development."
The Norwegian Nobel Committee cited Carter's "vital contribution" to the Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt and his efforts in conflict resolution on several continents and the promotion of human rights after his presidency.
"In a situation currently marked by threats of the use of power, Carter has stood by the principles that conflicts must as far as possible be resolved through mediation and international co-operation based on international law, respect for human rights, and economic development," the citation said.
The award is worth $1 million.
"I don't think there's any doubt that the Nobel Prize itself encourages people to think about peace and human rights," Carter told CNN.
"When I was at the White House I was a fairly young man and I realized I would have maybe 25 more years of active life," Carter said, adding that he decided to "capitalize on the influence I had as the former president of the greatest nation of the world and dcided to fill vacuums."
The secretive, five-member committee made its decision last week after months of secret deliberations as it sought the right message for a world still dazed by the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, the war on terrorism that followed and concern about a possible U.S. military strike against Iraq.
Last year's award was shared by the United Nations and its secretary-general, Kofi Annan.
The peace prize announcement capped a week of Nobel prizes, with the awards for literature, medicine, physics, chemistry and economics already announced in Sweden's capital, Stockholm.
The Norwegian Nobel committee received a record 156 nominations — 117 individuals and 39 groups — by the Feb. 1 deadline. The list remains secret for 50 years, but those who nominate sometimes announce their choice.
Many known nominees, including former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, reflected the 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States and their aftermath.
President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair were nominated, but their chances for winning seemed doubtful at a time when they are poised to launch a military strike against Iraq.
The first Nobel Peace Prize, in 1901, honored Jean Henry Dunant, the Swiss founder of the Red Cross.
The prizes were created by Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel in his will and always are presented on Dec. 10, the anniversary of his 1896 death.
This year's Nobels started Monday with the naming of medicine prize winners American H. Robert Horvitz and Britons Sydney Brenner and John E. Sulston for groundbreaking research into organ growth and cell death — work that has opened new avenues for treating cancer, stroke and other diseases.
The physics award went Tuesday to Masatoshi Koshiba, of Japan, and Americans Riccardo Giacconi and Raymond Davis Jr. for using some of the most obscure particles and waves in nature to increase understanding of the universe.
On Wednesday, the economics prize went to Americans Daniel Kahneman and Vernon L. Smith for pioneering the use of psychological and experimental economics in decision-making. That same day, American John B. Fenn, Koichi Tanaka of Japan and Kurt Wuethrich of Switzerland were given the chemistry prize for making two existing lab techniques work for big molecules like proteins.
Imre Kertesz, a Hungarian who survived Auschwitz as a teenager, won the literature prize Thursday for writing that "upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history," the Swedish Academy said.

 

[Serena]

Now, there's somebody that deserves it.

Congratulations

 

[JerseyJanice]

It couldn't have been awarded to a more deserving individual.

 

[Steve H.]

Very cool!

 

[browneyes]

A couple of ladies at work were just talking about this. I'm glad he won it.

 

[minniecarousel]

WOW!! I'm amazed - proud - awestruck! He & Rosalyn are such wonderful people. He truly deserves the honor!

 

[Disney Debbie]

I'm very proud to be from Sumter Co. Georgia - Home of Jimmy Carter. I marched in his inauguration as a majorette in his "home town" band (from Americus - Plains didn't have a school!)

I wasn't thrilled with him as a president - but I was impressed and remain impressed that he does what HE believes is right. He is a wonderful person and a great humanitarian.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Great choice!!!!

 

[Michelle]

He is RICHLY deserving of this honor. What a fine gentleman.

 

[Annie&Hallie'sMom]

I'm with Disney Debbie. Though I am not a big fan of his presidency, I DO think he's done incredible work. I can't think of a former president who has ever done more. His work with Habitat for Humanity is unparalleled.

 

[Leota]

He is the most deserving person I could ever think of for this award. His name itself seems synonomous (sp?) with Peace.....
I was happy with him as a President & I think another 4 years in office would have allowed for much of the groundwork he laid to come to fruition -
He is one person I would love to meet & to learn from.....

 

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By Doctor P
That is awesome! He has redefined the role of an ex-president.

I agree. Why cant some of our other Ex-presidents follow his lead
President. Carter was quoted as saying " I do not want to use the fact that I am the ex president of the U.S. to line my pockets" and to that I say amen

 

[Robinrs]

I was THRILLED when I heard this! He truly deserves this honor!

One other reason I hold ol' Jimmy close to my heart is something I will never be able to pay him back for. He was president when I was going to college and made the City University in NY tuition free when I was ready to go to college. Thanks to Jimmy Carter I never had a college loan to pay back like all my friends!

I earned two degrees and my parents would've gone broke doing it if not for his presidency.

Thanks, Jimmy!

 

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