USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Upon taking office, Jimmy Carter reoriented U.S. foreign policy towards a new emphasis on human rights, democratic values, nuclear non-proliferation, and global poverty.

Detailed explanation-2: -Carter’s new emphasis on human rights led to a Congressional requirement for the annual submission by the Department of State of “a full and complete report” on human rights practices around the world. The first volume of the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices covered the year 1976 and was released in 1977.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Camp David Accords, initialed on September 17, 1978 and formally signed in Washington on March 26, 1979, were the most significant foreign policy achievement of the Carter administration, and supporters hoped it would revive his struggling presidency.

Detailed explanation-4: -President Carter made human rights the cornerstone of his foreign policy. Carter rejected the policies of his predecessors, who readily supported dictators and condoned the repressive tactics of other nations’ governments if doing so advanced American economic and political interests.