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Bosnia and Herzegovina:
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Other pages in this profile of Bosnia and Herzegovina:
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
Geography, People, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation,
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Military branches |
VF Army (the air and air defense forces are subordinate commands within the Army), VRS Army (the air and air defense forces are subordinate commands within the Army) |
Military service age and obligation |
17 years of age for voluntary military service in the Federation and in the Republika Srpska; conscription abolished January 2006; 4-month service obligation (2006) |
Manpower available for military service |
males age 18-49: 1,119,508 females age 18-49: 1,079,435 (2005 est.) |
Manpower fit for military service |
males age 18-49: 910,539 females age 18-49: 881,446 (2005 est.) |
Manpower reaching military age annually |
males age 18-49: 32,942 females age 18-49: 31,466 (2005 est.) |
Military expenditures - percent of GDP |
4.5% (2005 est.) |
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Disputes - international |
Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia have delimited most of their boundary, but sections along the Drina River remain in dispute; discussions continue with Croatia on several small disputed sections of the boundary related to maritime access that hinder final ratification of the 1999 border agreement |
Refugees and internally displaced persons |
refugees (country of origin): 7,458 (Croatia) IDPs: 180,251 (Bosnian Croats, Serbs, and Muslims displaced in 1992-95 war) (2006) |
Illicit drugs |
increasingly a transit point for heroin being trafficked to Western Europe; minor transit point for marijuana; remains highly vulnerable to money-laundering activity given a primarily cash-based and unregulated economy, weak law enforcement, and instances of corruption |
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