ATLANTA -- Former President Jimmy Carter unveiled an architect's model Thursday of the proposed Presidential Library and Museum and the Carter Policy Center of Emory University.
About $20 million of the $25 million needed for construction of the complex has been raised.
The complex will be located on a 30-acre tract in an isolated wooded lakeside area.
'I think I can do more here the rest of my life than I could have if I served a second term,' Carter said at a news conference following the unveiling, which was attended by Gov. Joe Frank Harris, Mayor Andrew Young and Emory University officials.
Carter said he believed the policy center would be unique in its non-official aspect that will allow freedom of expression.
The former president said he was not trying to re-create Camp David, but he said there needs to be place where disputing countries can come in absolute seclusion and sometimes absolute secrecy.
Carter said the main concerns of the policy center will be analysis of major issues that can't be studied anywhere else and establishment of a center for resolution of crises and disputes.
He said three major analysis projects were under way, including a complete analysis of the Middle East Conflict by Carter and former President Gerald Ford; an analysis of nuclear arms control focusing mainly on attitude of Soviet leaders, and how to use technology to prevent disease and dying in the nation.
Carter said Dr. William Foege of the national Centers for Disease Control would work full-time on the health project.
