East Timor:
Military & Transnational Issues


Military branches	Timor-Leste Defense Force (Forcas de Defesa de Timor-L'este, FDTL): Army, Navy (Armada) (2005)
Military service age and obligation	18 years of age for voluntary military service (2001)
Manpower available for military service	males age 18-49: 235,198 females age 18-49: 223,069 (2005 est.)
Manpower fit for military service	males age 18-49: 179,422 females age 18-49: 184,533 (2005 est.)
Manpower reaching military age annually	males age 18-49: 12,740 females age 18-49: 12,438 (2005 est.)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP	NA

Disputes - international	Timor-Leste-Indonesia Boundary Committee has resolved all but a small portion of the land boundary, but discussions on maritime boundaries are stalemated over sovereignty of the uninhabited coral island of Pulau Batek/Fatu Sinai in the north and alignment with Australian claims in the south; many refugees who left Timor-Leste in 2003 still reside in Indonesia and refuse repatriation; Australia and Timor-Leste agreed in 2005 to defer the disputed portion of the boundary for 50 years and to split hydrocarbon revenues evenly outside the Joint Petroleum Development Area covered by the 2002 Timor Sea Treaty
Refugees and internally displaced persons	IDPs: 150,000 (2006)
Illicit drugs	NA