Military Suriname
Military branches:
National Army (includes small Navy and Air Force elements)
Military manpower - military age and obligation:
18 years of age (est.); no conscription
Military manpower - availability:
males age 15-49: 124,260 (2004 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 72,576 (2004 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure:
$7.5 million (2003)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP:
0.7% (2003)
Transnational Issues Suriname
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 UNCLOS
arbitration to resolve the long-standing dispute with Suriname over
the axis of the territorial sea boundary in potentially oil-rich
waters
Illicit drugs:
growing transshipment point for South American drugs destined for
Europe and Brazil; transshipment point for arms-for-drugs dealing