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Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2002 Jimmy Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize Friday - 24 years late. The former U.S. President should have been a laureate in 1978, when he brokered the Camp David accords with Anwar Sadat and Menachem Begin. But the Egyptian and Israeli leaders shared that year's award, while Carter was left out for the most mundane of reasons, says Geir Lundestad, secretary to the Norwegian Nobel Committee. "Nobody nominated him in time...
This isn't the first year Carter's nomination arrived promptly. But in selecting him now, the Nobel panel made an unambiguous statement: as the 43rd U.S. President edges toward war, the committee pointedly embraced the 39th, whose post-White House career has been all about conflict resolution and prevention. The official citation made only a veiled reference to George W. Bush: "In a situation currently marked by threats of the use of power, Carter has stood by the principles" of mediation and cooperation. But in case anybody missed the point, chairman Gunnar Berge elaborated: "This must be read...
...members did or didn't talk about in secret, the world is not meant to know. The members aren't supposed to discuss internal disputes, nor do they talk about the also-rans, so there's no telling how close any of the 155 other nominees came to denying Carter the prize yet again. This year's eligible nominees - a record 39 groups and 117 individuals put forward by eligible electors, such as past laureates and members of national legislatures - included the Red Cross, Rudolph Giuliani and, yes, President Bush. Shortly after the Feb. 1 deadline for submissions, the members...
That done, the members can look forward to their next important gathering: on Dec. 9, the night before Carter receives his medal from King Harald, he will dine with the committee at the Grand Hotel. The Little Dinner, as it's called, is a chance "for a face-to-face, heart-to-heart talk," says St?lsett. "The laureate knows he has our respect - so it's fun." The most memorable Little Dinner was in 1994, when Yasser Arafat, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin broke bread together. They talked "like old friends," recalls Lundestad, "about Jerusalem, block by block, who lived...
...What Carter will say at his Little Dinner is anyone's guess. But he may have some thoughts on patience and how prizes come to those who wait...