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| 2000, Jan. 21 |
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| In Ecuador, an Indian-supported army coup overthrew Pres. Jamil Mahuad Witt, who was replaced by V.P. Gustavo Noboa Bejarano the following day. This was the first military coup to overthrow a government in Latin America in almost ten years (See 2000, Jan. 21). | 1 |
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| Jan. 20 |
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| Turkish foreign minister Ismail Cem and Greek foreign minister George Papandreou signed six peace accords, greatly improving foreign relations between Turkey and Greece. This marked the first visit by a Greek foreign minister to Turkey in 38 years. | 2 |
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| March 2 |
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| After extradition from Britain, former Chilean leader Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, who faced charges of torture, murder, and other serious war crimes, was returned to Chile. Pinochet was stripped of his immunity from prosecution by the Chilean Supreme Court on Aug. 8, and preparations for his internationally awaited trial were made. In addition to facing fourteen charges in Chile alone, Pinochet was sought for prosecution by Argentina, Uruguay, Spain, and Paraguay. | 3 |
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| May 7 |
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| The RUF rebel forces in Sierra Leone's civil war took 500 UN peacekeeping troops hostage; it was not until July 15 that the last of these hostages were rescued. The UN created an international tribunal to begin trying war criminals in Sierra Leone on Aug. 14. | 4 |
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| May 24 |
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| Southern Lebanon suddenly came under Hizbollah control when Israeli forces and 3,000 Christian militiamen withdrew from the area after 22 years of occupation. | 5 |
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| June 13–15 |
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| South Korean president Kim Dae Jung and North Korean president Kim Jung Il met for peace and unification talks in Pyongyang. Greatly calming tensions between the two nations, the summit marked the first meeting of the leaders of those countries. | 6 |
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| Aug. 15–18 |
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| Peace conferences throughout the summer allowed dozens of families that had been separated since the war to be reunited in Seoul, South Korea. As a result of his efforts to promote peace, Kim Dae Jung was awarded the 2000 Nobel Peace Prize. | 7 |
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| July 8–14 |
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| The Thirteenth International AIDS conference was held in Durban, South Africa. | 8 |
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| Aug |
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| The U.S. government approved aid of $1.3 billion to Colombia in order to fund efforts to constrain drug trafficking in that nation. | 9 |
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| Sept. 6–8 |
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| More than 150 world leaders met at the Millennium Summit, marking the largest gathering of international heads of state in world history. | 10 |
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| Sept. 28 |
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| After Palestinian-Israeli talks had failed in late July due to disagreement over problems in East Jerusalem, the worst violence seen in the region since 1996 erupted and continued through the end of the year. | 11 |
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| Nov. 20 |
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| In Peru, the internationally criticized president Alberto Fujimori finally resigned and was replaced by Valentin Paniagua Corazao (See Nov. 20). | 12 |
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