Military expenditures-dollar figure: $63 million (1997); note-includes $12 million to cover leftover 1996 expenditures
Military expenditures-percent of GDP: NA
@Papua New Guinea:Transnational Issues
Disputes-international: none
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PARACEL ISLANDS
@Paracel Islands:Geography
Location: Southeastern Asia, group of small islands and reefs in the South China Sea, about one-third of the way from central Vietnam to the northern Philippines
Geographic coordinates: 16 30 N, 112 00 E
Map references: Southeast Asia