Tributes pour in from world leaders and family members following the death of former US President Jimmy Carter at the age of 100.
Former US president Jimmy Carter died on Sunday afternoon in Georgia, aged 100. The centenarian and Nobel Peace Prize winner died at his home in Plains, Georgia, surrounded by his family, the Carter Center said. Joe and Jill Biden, the current US president and first lady, paid tribute, calling him 'an extraordinary leader, statesman and humanitarian' as well as a 'dear friend'.
In a statement, they added: 'But, what's extraordinary about Jimmy Carter, though, is that millions of people throughout America and the world who never met him thought of him as a dear friend as well.' US president-elect Donald Trump, who takes office on 20 January, said: 'The challenges Jimmy faced as President came at a pivotal time for our country, and he did everything in his power to improve the lives of all Americans. 'For that, we all owe him a debt of gratitude.' Former US president Barack Obama honoured Mr Carter's achievements in the White House, including 'the Camp David Accords he brokered that reshaped the Middle East... nominating a pioneering women's rights activist and lawyer named Ruth Bader Ginsburg to the federal bench... becoming one of the first leaders in the world to recognize the problem of climate change.' He also paid tribute to the 'longest, and most impactful, post-presidency in American history', during which he monitored more than 100 national elections, helped virtually eliminate Guinea worm disease, and built or repaired thousands of homes around the world with his wife Rosalynn as part of Habitat for Humanity. Husam Zomlot, former Palestinian ambassador to the US, now ambassador to the UK, said Mr Carter would be 'remembered by the Palestinian people as the first US president to advocate for the freedom of Palestine and the first to warn about Israeli apartheid.
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