Belarus:
Military & Transnational Issues


Military branches	Belarus Armed Forces: Land Force, Air and Air Defense Force (2006)
Military service age and obligation	18-27 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 18 months (2005)
Manpower available for military service	males age 18-49: 2,520,644 females age 18-49: 2,564,696 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service	males age 18-49: 1,657,984 females age 18-49: 2,102,793 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military age annually	males age 18-49: 85,202 females age 18-49: 82,037 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	1.4% (2005 est.)

Disputes - international	as of January 2007, ground demarcations of the boundaries with Latvia and Lithuania were complete and mapped with final ratification documentation in preparation; 1997 boundary delimitation treaty with Ukraine remains unratified over unresolved financial claims, preventing demarcation and diminishing border security
Illicit drugs	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