Military manpower - fit for military service: males: 493,819 (1997 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure: $78 million (1995); note - for police and security forces
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: NA%
Transnational Issues
Disputes - international: none
Illicit drugs: major cocaine transshipment point and major drug money-laundering center; minor producer of coca leaf; active eradication program ______________________________________________________________________
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
@Papua New Guinea:Geography
Location: Southeastern Asia, group of islands including the eastern half of the island of New Guinea between the Coral Sea and the South Pacific Ocean, east of Indonesia
Geographic coordinates: 6 00 S, 147 00 E