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Speaking at the 9th annual NGO Forum on Human Rights, at Croke Park conference centre in Dublin, the former US president Jimmy Carter says that Ireland is the strongest voice for human rights within the EU.
Mr Carter said "Ireland has been an important ally of the Carter Centre in the pursuit of peace and democracy across the world. I would say that the Irish Government has become the pre-eminent voice for human rights in the European Union."
Jimmy Carter is also a Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts in world peace. The former President will receive €600,000 in aid from the Irish Government for his global foundation which monitors elections in world trouble spots.
Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern earlier paid tribute to Mr Carter's early interest in the North's peace process "We in Ireland owe a particular debt to President Carter, as he was the one, in 1977, who first called for the British and Irish Governments to work together and pointed out the economic benefits of peace, which we are all enjoying 30 years later,"
Irish Aid and the Carter Centre work in partnership with human rights defenders in developing countries. Irish Aid said the €600,000 funding will help the Carter Centre to carry out its work without having to wait for finance to be raised.
The development agency funded the Centre by €50,000 in 2005 and €70,000 in 2006. Mr Carter and his wife Rosalynn yesterday met with President Mary McAleese and Taoiseach Bertie Ahern in Dublin.
Speaking further Mr Carter said that if all the countries of the world were like Ireland, the 60th anniversary of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights could be truly celebrated next year. Mr Carter reiterated his criticism of the US's record on the issue: "We used to be the champion of human rights in the world but we have abandoned that role completely now."
He added: "If all the countries were like Ireland, I would have no problems."
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