Belarus:
Military & Transnational Issues


Military branches	Definition Belarus Armed Forces: Land Force, Air and Air Defense Force (2008)
Military service age and obligation	Definition 18-27 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 18 months (2005)
Manpower available for military service	Definition males age 16-49: 2,491,643 females age 16-49: 2,528,779 (2008 est.)
Manpower fit for military service	Definition - World rank and map males age 16-49: 1,727,974 females age 16-49: 2,093,106 (2008 est.)
Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually	Definition males age 16-49: 64,232 females age 16-49: 60,788 (2008 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	Definition - World rank and map 1.4% (2005 est.)

Disputes - international	Definition Boundary demarcated with Latvia and Lithuania in 2006; 1997 boundary delimitation treaty with Ukraine remains unratified over unresolved financial claims, preventing demarcation and diminishing border security
Illicit drugs	Definition limited cultivation of opium poppy and cannabis, mostly for the domestic market; transshipment point for illicit drugs to and via Russia, and to the Baltics and Western Europe; a small and lightly regulated financial center; new anti-money-laundering legislation does not meet international standards; few investigations or prosecutions of money-laundering activities