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Belize:
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Other pages in this profile of Belize:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
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Military branches |
Belize Defense Force (BDF): Army, Maritime Wing, Air Wing, and Volunteer Guard |
Military service age and obligation |
18 years of age for voluntary military service; laws allow for conscription only if volunteers are insufficient; conscription has never been implemented; volunteers typically outnumber available positions by 3:1 (2001) |
Manpower available for military service |
males age 18-49: 61,201 females age 18-49: 60,048 (2005 est.) |
Manpower fit for military service |
males age 18-49: 44,238 females age 18-49: 43,633 (2005 est.) |
Manpower reaching military age annually |
males age 18-49: 3,213 females age 18-49: 3,100 (2005 est.) |
Military expenditures - percent of GDP |
1.4% (2006) |
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Disputes - international |
annual ministerial meetings under the OAS-initiated Agreement on the Framework for Negotiations and Confidence Building Measures continue to address Guatemalan land and maritime claims in Belize and Caribbean Sea; the Line of Adjacency created under the 2002 Differendum serves in lieu of the contiguous international boundary to control squatting in the sparsely inhabited rain forests of Belize's border region; Honduras claims Belizean-administered Sapodilla Cays in its constitution but agreed to a joint ecological park under the Differendum |
Illicit drugs |
transshipment point for cocaine; small-scale illicit producer of cannabis, primarily for local consumption; money-laundering activity related to narcotics trafficking and offshore sector |
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