Jimmy Carter is stepping away from his “frontline role” as a member of The Elders, the global human rights group says.
The organization says Carter has “played a key role” in every delegation in the Middle East, including trips last spring to Israel and the Palestinian territories. The statement gives no specific reason for the change in Carter’s status.
“From the Middle East to climate change, women’s rights to superpower diplomacy, Jimmy has brought the gravitas of his presidential office but also the passion of an activist who believes the world can, and must, be changed for the better,” former UN chief Kofi Annan, the chair of the London-based organization, says in a statement. “The Elders would not be the organization it is today without his drive and vision, and he will stay an inspiration for all of us for many years ahead.”
Former South African president Nelson Mandela founded the small group of former global leaders in 2007, and the former US president participated in its first mission later that year in Sudan, focusing on Darfur.
File. Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas (right) shakes hands with former US president Jimmy Carter during their meeting on May 2, 2015 in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AFP/Pool/Abbas Momani)
— AP
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