Suriname
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Introduction - Suriname: | Location - Suriname: | People - Suriname: | Government - Suriname: | Economy - Suriname: | Communications - Suriname: | Transportation - Suriname: | Military - Suriname: | Military branches | National Army (Nationaal Leger, NL; includes Naval Wing, Air Wing) (2007) | | Military service age and obligation | 18 years of age (est.); no conscription | | Manpower available for military service | males age 18-49: 111,582
females age 18-49: 103,769 (2005 est.) | | Manpower fit for military service | males age 18-49: 77,793
females age 18-49: 72,943 (2005 est.) | | Military expenditures percent of gdp | 0.6% (2006 est.) | | Disputes international | area claimed by French Guiana between Riviere Litani and Riviere Marouini (both headwaters of the Lawa); Suriname claims a triangle of land between the New and Kutari/Koetari rivers in a historic dispute over the headwaters of the Courantyne; Guyana seeks United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) arbitration to resolve the long-standing dispute with Suriname over the axis of the territorial sea boundary in potentially oil-rich waters | |
This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |