Since the founding of the WTO, 21 new non-GATT members have joined and 29 are currently negotiating membership.

Since the founding of Pakistan, the army has been key in holding the state together, promoting a feeling of nationhood and providing a bastion of selfless service.

Since the founding of the United States, the power of the president and the federal government have grown substantially and each modern president, despite possessing no formal legislative powers beyond signing or vetoing congressionally passed bills, is largely responsible for dictating the legislative agenda of his party and the foreign and domestic policy of the United States.

Since founding, the Committee's Chair has been as follows:

Since its founding in 1958 VSO has placed over 50, 000 volunteers in over 140 developing countries in Africa, Asia, the Pacific, the Caribbean, Eastern Europe and Latin America.

Since its founding, the town has gone by the names of Bayharia, Baharia, and Baarìa.

Since its founding, Memphis has been home to persons of many different faiths.

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, the canal has been used primarily to transport vast amounts of bulk goods such as bricks, gravel, sand, diesel and coal.

Since its founding, Washington University has been led by 14 Chancellors, beginning with Joseph Gibson Hoyt in 1858.

Since its founding, there have been 3 rectors: Josep Maria Nadal i Farreras, from 1991 to 2002, Joan Batlle i Grabulosa from 2002 to 2005, and Anna Maria Geli from 2005, still in office.

Since its founding, the college expanded its degree program to include chemical engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering, industrial engineering, and mechanical engineering.

Since its founding, the village has had a regular rotation of international volunteers brought in to provide basic support functions at its various facilities.

Since their founding in 1972, their actions have attracted attention of the Philadelphia Police Department.

Since its founding, several NORM chapters have been founded throughout the United States, as well as internationally in Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and Germany.

Since the Tangut's founding father, Li Deming, was not a very conservative ruler, the Tangut people began to absorb more and more of the Chinese culture that surrounded them, but never lost their actual identity, as is proven by the vast amount of literature which survived the Tangut state itself.

Since its founding, the university has maintained these objectives while building on them.

Since 2005, UB has been particularly active and has increased the frequency of student activities, and is responsible for the emergence of the school spirit and booster group Scarlet Fever ; UB it has been active since its founding on November 23, 1938.

Since the founding of the club, PSV's home base is still at the same place where the PSV sports grounds were established in 1913.

Since then, other established networks have joined Jefferson Health System as founding members, which at one point included the Albert Einstein Healthcare Network, Frankford Health Care System ( now Aria Health ), and still retains Magee Rehabilitation Hospital as a member.

Since the founding of the GSG 9 the group has participated in over 1500 missions, yet reportedly fired shots only on five occasions ( official count, prior to the 2003 Iraq War ).

Since its founding, SKF's company headquarters have been located in Gothenburg.

Since its founding, the Mennonite denomination has split into a number of smaller Mennonite denominations, due to geography, social and theological differences.

Since the founding of the county, Democrats have dominated county politics.

In 2008 the club celebrated what was claimed to be the 150th anniversary of the first meeting of its founding members, published " Melbourne FC – Since 1858 – An Illustrated History " and commemorated its formation by naming " 150 Heroes " as well as a birthday logo which appears on its official jersey.

Since its founding, it has been known as a center of Yaqui culture and it is home to many religious festivals.

Since 2010, the country has began hosting a street festival to encourage all generations and people from all walks of life to enjoy and encourage Malaysian street culture.

" Since Juliet was born Lammas eve, she came before the harvest festival, which is significant since her life ended before she could reap what she had sown and enjoy the bounty of the harvest, in this case full consummation and enjoyment of her love with Romeo.

Since 1998 the organization of the festival has been carried out by Film Servis Festival Karlovy Vary, a joint stock company.

Since the 18th century, Worcester Cathedral Choir has taken part in the Three Choirs Festival, the oldest music festival in the world.

Since 1981, the festival has been organised by local farmer and site owner Michael Eavis ( through his company Glastonbury Festivals Ltd ).

Since 2002, Festival Republic ( a company consisting of both Live Nation and MCD ) has taken on the job of managing the logistics and security of the festival through a 40 % stake in the festival management company.

Since the festival was celebrated by Athens and all the Ionian cities, it is assumed that it must have preceded the Ionian migration of the late eleventh or early tenth century BC.

Since the festival of Anna Perenna is in the month of Mars, it is reasonable that the Mars and Anna Perenna should be associated, at least in some rites at that time, as cult partners.

Since 2010, Stoke Newington has also had its own literary festival, created to celebrate the area's literary and radical history.

Since 2005, on the last Sunday in June Harrow Council hosts Under One Sky-Harrow's largest festival, to celebrate and the joint communities of Harrow.

Since 1898, Tontitown has held an annual grape festival in mid-August, which celebrates the harvest and the town's Italian American heritage.

Since 1998, every year the city of Port Hueneme holds a theme-based beach festival at 550 E. Surfside Dr., Port Hueneme, Ca 93041.

Since 1892, the Thaipusam festival in the Tamil month of Thai ( which falls in late January / early February ) has been celebrated there.

Since 2002, the town has hosted an annual pie festival 2.

Since 1993, Annmarie Garden has hosted an outdoor national juried arts festival at which typically around 100 traveling artists encamp in display tents for a weekend to sell their wares.

Since 2009, the band has ranked in the top two at the festival.

Since those early years, the organizers of that first festival have seen many changes and improvements.

Since 1991, Burning Man, a week long countercultural festival with 51, 454 participants (), has been held nearby.

Since the early 1990s, a community festival has been held at varying times of the spring and summer.

Since 1966, Ambridge has held an annual heritage festival celebrating the borough's ethnic pride.

Since 1988, Hay-on-Wye has been the venue for a literary festival, now sponsored by The Daily Telegraph newspaper, which draws a claimed 80, 000 visitors over ten days at the beginning of June to see and hear big literary names from all over the world.

Since the inception of the festival, however, Oatmeal is back on the map.

Since 1972, Lampasas has held an annual fair called the Spring Ho festival each July.

Since 2006 Clarksburg has hosted the annual Glen Elk Wine, Music and Arts festival, and Jesusfest.