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Introduction - Uzbekistan: | Location - Uzbekistan: | People - Uzbekistan: | Government - Uzbekistan: | Economy - Uzbekistan: | Communications - Uzbekistan: | Transportation - Uzbekistan: | Military - Uzbekistan: | Military branches | Army, Air and Air Defense Forces, National Guard | | Military service age and obligation | 18 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 12 months (2004) | | Manpower available for military service | males age 18-49: 6,340,220
females age 18-49: 6,432,072 (2005 est.) | | Manpower fit for military service | males age 18-49: 4,609,621
females age 18-49: 5,383,233 (2005 est.) | | Manpower reaching military service age annually | males age 18-49: 324,722
females age 18-49: 317,062 (2005 est.) | | Refugees and internally displaced persons | refugees (country of origin): 39,202 (Tajikistan)
IDPs: 3,400 (forced population transfers by government from villages near Tajikistan border) (2006) | | Military expenditures percent of gdp | 2% (2005 est.) | | Trafficking in persons | current situation: Uzbekistan is a source and, to a lesser extent, a transit country for women trafficked to Asia and the Middle East for the purpose of sexual exploitation; women from other Central Asian countries and China are trafficked through Uzbekistan; men are trafficked for purposes of forced labor in the construction and agricultural industries to Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan; men and women are also trafficked within the country
tier rating: Tier 3 - Uzbekistan is placed on Tier 3 because it failed to fulfill commitments by the country to take additional steps during 2005, including the adoption of comprehensive anti-trafficking legislation, criminal code amendments to raise trafficking penalties, support to the countrys first trafficking shelter, and approval of a national action plan | | Disputes international | prolonged drought and cotton monoculture in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan creates water-sharing difficulties for Amu Darya river states; field demarcation of the boundaries with Kazakhstan commenced in 2004; border delimitation of 130 km of border with Kyrgyzstan is hampered by serious disputes around enclaves and other areas | |
This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |