The World Radio Conference 2000 must be considered the most important one for radio astronomy since WARC-79. The conference agenda contains about 30 topics of substance, and more than 10 of these have direct impact on radio astronomy frequency allocations. From the perspective of radio astronomy the most important items are: “Allocation of Frequency Bands above 71 GHz to the Earth-Exploration Satellite Service (passive) and Radio Astronomy Service” and the agenda items dealing with Recommendation 66 (Unwanted Emissions). A review of the status of preparations is given.