Since 2000, Unification Church's Pyeonghwa Motors has invested more than $ 300 million to the automobile industry of the DPRK.

In 2000, " an event of historical importance " occurred, according to a live broadcast for the state-owned Korea Broadcasting System, as 78 North Korean girls and boys arrived at the Unification Church's cross-cultural " ice-breaker " event, where guests such as the minister of unification, Park Jae-Kyu, and the minister of culture, Park Jie Won were present.

UPI was purchased in May 2000 by the Unification Church's media corporation, News World Communications, which, at the time, also owned the Washington Times and newspapers in South Korea, Japan, and South America.

He sat on the Episcopal Church's executive council ( 2000 – 2006 ), and serves as secretary of Province 2 of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America.

Gilman was featured on Welsh soprano Charlotte Church's album Dream A Dream and released a Christmas album in 2000 titled Classic Christmas, which was certified Gold by the RIAA.

The Republic of Heaven, in Philip Pullman's philosophical fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials from 2000, refers to the idea that humans must build their happiness in the here and now, and that the official Church's emphasis on the afterlife is no more than a diversion by the powerful to repress the common people, even by the monarchical sound of its name: the Kingdom of Heaven.

In the Episcopal Church's struggles over homosexuality Jenkins has been generally seen as a conservative voice ; he withheld consent for the consecration of Gene Robinson as bishop of New Hampshire, voted against liturgies for blessings of same sex relationships at the 2000 General Convention, and voted for a resolution to " Endorse Certain Historic Anglican Doctrines and Policies " that was proposed by Bishop Ackerman.

" The Clinton Factor: The Effects of Clinton's Personal Image in 2000 Presidential Primaries and in the General Election " White House Studies, Vol.

General limitations about the structure and philosophy of CITES include: by design and intent it focuses on trade at the species level and does not address habitat loss, ecosystem approaches to conservation, or poverty ; it seeks to prevent unsustainable use rather than promote sustainable use ( which generally conflicts with the Convention on Biological Diversity ), although this has been changing ( see Nile Crocodile, African elephant, South African white rhino case studies in Hutton and Dickinson 2000 ).

Various Governors-General had previously served as governors of an Australian state or colony: Lord Hopetoun ( Victoria 1889 – 95 ); Lord Tennyson ( South Australia 1899 – 1902 ); Lord Gowrie ( South Australia 1928 – 34 ; and New South Wales 1935 – 36 ); Major General Michael Jeffery ( Western Australia 1993 – 2000 ); Quentin Bryce ( Queensland 2003 – 08 ).

Dupont and British Petroleum left in 1997, Shell Oil ( US ) in 1998, Ford in 1999, and DaimlerChrysler, General Motors, and Texaco in 2000.

* anon., Food Irradiation: Available Research Indicates That Benefits Outweigh Risks, RCED-00-217, August 24, 2000, Government Accountability Office, United States General Accounting Office, Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, Washington, D. C. 20548 " Food Irradiation "

After winning the 2000 NFL Executive of the Year Award, General Manager Randy Mueller was fired between the 2001 and 2002 seasons without explanation by Benson.

The Parma IGA was destroyed by a fire in June 2000 and was replaced in 2007 by a Dollar General.

The North Side is also home to Allegheny General Hospital, listed among the 1999 US News & World Report 2000 best hospitals nationwide.

From August 1998 to February 2000, General Myers was Commander in Chief of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and U. S. Space Command ; Commander of the Air Force Space Command ; and Department of Defense manager of the space transportation system contingency support at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado.

After the General Election in 2008, successive government abandoned the telecom pool projects and continued liberalization process which had been undergone since 2000.

Franks succeeded General Anthony Zinni to this position on 6 July 2000 and served until his retirement on 7 July 2003.

Two subsequent attempts to resolve the problem by means of a negotiated political settlement by James Baker, acting as Personal Envoy of the UN Secretary General, the first in 2000 and the second in 2003, failed to gain acceptance, the first being rejected by the Polisario and second by Morocco.

The filesystem was released under the GNU General Public License in May 2000, and ported to Linux, with the first distribution support appearing in 2001.

Hillary Rodham Clinton, leading policy proposals, traveling abroad as a State Department representative to 82 nations, advising her husband, and being elected a Senator ( in 2000 ), is the most openly empowered and politically powerful First Lady in American history ; Madeleine Albright and Janet Reno take two of the cabinet's top jobs as United States Secretary of State (# 1 ), and United States Attorney General (# 4 ), respectively.

It was declared ready for operations on January 1, 2000, and deployed to the Horn of Africa in November 2000 to form the core of the UN Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea ( UNMEE ) under the command of Royal Netherlands Marine Corps Major General Patrick Cammaert.

Governor General Adrienne Clarkson ( right ) meets with President of Russia | Russian president Vladimir Putin ( left ) in the governor general's study in Rideau Hall, 18 December 2000

The day was created in 2000 by a special United Nations General Assembly Resolution.

Two optional protocols were adopted by the UN General Assembly on 25 May 2000.

In spite of Oldsmobile's critical successes since the mid-1990s, a reported shortfall in sales and overall profitability prompted General Motors to announce in December 2000 their plans to phase out the Oldsmobile brand.

NGC 2000. 0 ( also known as the Complete New General Catalog and Index Catalog of Nebulae and Star Clusters ) is a 1988 compilation of the NGC and IC made by Roger W. Sinnott, using the J2000. 0 coordinates.

And they also produced 10 Willemoes Class Torpedo / Guided Missile boats ( in service from 1974 to 2000 ) which had 3 Rolls Royce Marine Proteus Gas Turbines also rated at, same as the Søløven class boats, and 2 General Motors Diesel Engines, rated at, also for improved fuel economy at slow speeds.

In 2000, Robert Pula ( 1928 – 2004 ), whose roles at the Institute over three decades included Institute director, editor-in-chief of the Institute's General Semantics Bulletin, and leader of the seminar-workshops, characterized Korzybski's legacy as a " contribution toward the improvement of human evaluating, to the amelioration of human woe ...."

2000 ) from the International Society of General Semantics — now merged with the Institute of General Semantics.

Founded 2000 by former PLN member ; strong showings in 2002 and 2006 elections ( 30 % of Assembly in 2006 ).

A protocol concerning Ethiopian access to Port Sudan was signed between the two countries 5 March 2000 in Khartoum, and this protocol and its subsequent amendment were ratified by the Ethiopian Federal Parliamentary Assembly on 3 July 2003.

The Greater London Authority consisting of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly, headquartered in City Hall, has been responsible for strategic local government since 2000.

The Greater London Authority, London Assembly and the directly elected Mayor of London were created in 2000 by the Greater London Authority Act 1999.

In an interview in the March 28, 2000 issue of the Assembly of God magazine Pentecostal evangel, he insists that " Left Behind is the first fictional portrayal of events that are true to the literal interpretation of Bible prophecy.

In July 2000 Mebyon Kernow issued the " Declaration for a Cornish Assembly " claiming ;

The creation of the National Assembly for Wales brought him back into the spotlight and in 2000 celebrations were held all over Wales to commemorate the 600th anniversary of the rising.

The highest-ranking Greens ever elected in the nation were: John Eder, a member of the Maine House of Representatives until his defeat in November 2006 ; Audie Bock, elected to the California State Assembly in 1999 but switched her registration to Independent seven months later running as an independent in the 2000 election ; and Richard Carroll, elected to the Arkansas House of Representatives in 2008 but switched parties to become a Democrat five months after his election.

In 2000, the centre of Tirana from the central campus of Tirana University up to Skanderbeg Square was declared the place of Cultural Assembly, and given state protection.

The London Assembly was the first of these, established in 2000, following a referendum in 1998, but further plans were abandoned following rejection of a proposal for an elected assembly in North East England in a referendum in 2004.

Following an interim period in which the Mayor and Assembly had been elected but had no powers, the GLA was formally established on 3 July 2000.

* London Assembly election, 2000

Following Richard's death, the Montreal Expos Major League baseball team wore Richard's number 9, in black, on their right sleeves for the duration of the 2000 season, and flags were lowered to half staff as Quebec's National Assembly was suspended for the day.

Today, Limehouse is part of the constituency of Poplar and Limehouse and has been represented in the House of Commons since 1997 by Jim Fitzpatrick MP ( Labour ), and in the London Assembly since 2000 by John Biggs AM ( also Labour ).

* Alfred N. Beadleston ( 1912 – 2000 ), served as Mayor of Shrewsbury, Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly and President of the New Jersey Senate.

* Carol Murphy ( born 1932 ), member of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1992 to 2000.

* Upendra J. Chivukula ( born 1950 ), represents the 17th legislative district in the New Jersey General Assembly, and has served on the Franklin Township Council since 1997, serving as its Mayor in 2000 and its Deputy Mayor in 1998.

Incorporated in 2000 to deal with construction of Kingdom Halls and Assembly Halls, other engineering needs, and vehicles.

As a deconcentrated subdivision of the government of French Polynesia, the Marquesas Islands form the circonscription des Marquises (" district of the Marquesas "), one of French Polynesia's four circonscriptions (" districts ") created in 2000 by the Assembly of French Polynesia to serve as deconcentrated subdivisions of the government of French Polynesia in the islands away from Tahiti and Moorea.

However the elections for the London Assembly have a threshold of 5 % which has at times denied seats to the Christian People's Alliance ( in the 2000 election ), the British National Party and Respect – The Unity Coalition ( both in the 2004 election ).

In December 2000, São Tomé signed the African Union treaty ; it was later ratified by the National Assembly.

At the legislative elections on 30 July 2000, the party won 91 out of 165 seats in the National Assembly.