military
... volunteers falls short of goal, compulsory recruitment is effected, including conscription of boys as young as 14; 15-19 years of age for voluntary premilitary service, provides exemption from further military service (2008
www.exxun.com/Bolivia/h_ml.html
military
... led international peacekeeping force (IFOR) of 60,000 troops served in Bosnia to implement and monitor the military aspects of the agreement. IFOR was succeeded by a smaller, NATO-led Stabilization Force (SFOR ...
www.exxun.com/BosniaandHerzegovina/a_fg.html
military
17 years of age for voluntary military service in the Federation and in the Republika Srpska; conscription abolished January 2006; 4-month service obligation (2006)
www.exxun.com/BosniaandHerzegovina/h_ml.html
military
18 is the apparent age of voluntary military service; the official qualifications for determining minimum age are unknown (2001)
www.exxun.com/Botswana/h_ml.html
military
... half a century of military intervention in the governance of the country when in 1985 the military regime peacefully ceded power to civilian rulers. Brazil continues to pursue industrial and agricultural growth ...
www.exxun.com/Brazil/a_fg.html
military
voluntary between 16 and 18 years of age and over 70; compulsory over 18 and under 70 years of age; note - military conscripts do not vote
www.exxun.com/Brazil/d_gv.html
military
21-45 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 9 to 12 months; 17-45 years of age for voluntary service; an increasing percentage of the ranks are "long-service" volunteer ...
www.exxun.com/Brazil/h_ml.html
military
... between 1967 and 1973. In 2000, a British High Court ruling invalidated the local immigration order that had excluded them from the archipelago, but upheld the special military status of Diego Garcia
www.exxun.com/BritishIndianOceanTerritory/a_fg.html
military
archipelago of 55 islands; Diego Garcia, largest and southernmost island, occupies strategic location in central Indian Ocean; island is site of joint US-UK military facility
www.exxun.com/BritishIndianOceanTerritory/b_mp.html
military
... a British High Court ruling, though no timetable has been set; in November 2004, approximately 4,000 UK and US military personnel and civilian contractors were living on the island of Diego Garcia
www.exxun.com/BritishIndianOceanTerritory/c_pp.html
military
... joint UK-US military facility is located. Construction projects and various services needed to support the military installation are performed by military and contract employees from the UK, Mauritius, the Philippines, and ...
www.exxun.com/BritishIndianOceanTerritory/e_ec.html
military
general assessment: separate facilities for military and public needs are available domestic: all commercial telephone services are available, including connection to the Internet international: country code (Diego Garcia) - 246; international telephone service ...
www.exxun.com/BritishIndianOceanTerritory/f_cm.html
military
... group of Chagossians visited Diego Garcia in April 2006; repatriation is complicated by the exclusive US military lease of Diego Garcia that restricts access to the largest viable island in the chain
www.exxun.com/BritishIndianOceanTerritory/i_ti.html
military
18 years of age (est.) for voluntary military service; non-Malays are ineligible to serve (2007)
www.exxun.com/Brunei/h_ml.html
military
18-27 years of age for voluntary military service; conscript service obligation - 9 months; as of May 2006, 67% of the Bulgarian Army comprised of professional soldiers; conscription ended as of 1 January ...
www.exxun.com/Bulgaria/h_ml.html
military
Burkina Faso (formerly Upper Volta) achieved independence from France in 1960. Repeated military coups during the 1970s and 1980s were followed by multiparty elections in the early 1990s. Current President Blaise COMPAORE ...
www.exxun.com/BurkinaFaso/a_fg.html
military
18 years of age for compulsory military service; 20 years of age for voluntary military service (2001)
www.exxun.com/BurkinaFaso/h_ml.html
military
... was attained in 1948. Gen. NE WIN dominated the government from 1962 to 1988, first as military ruler, then as self-appointed president, and later as political kingpin. Despite multiparty legislative elections ...
www.exxun.com/Burma/a_fg.html
military
... Prime Minister, Lt. Gen THEIN SEIN (since 24 October 2007) cabinet: Cabinet is overseen by SPDC; military junta assumed power 18 September 1988 under name State Law and Order Restoration Council (SLORC ...
www.exxun.com/Burma/d_gv.html
military
... precious stones, while the United States expanded its sanctions list to include more Burmese government and military officials and their family members, as well as prominent regime business cronies, their family members ...
www.exxun.com/Burma/e_ec.html
military
18 years of age for voluntary military service for both sexes; forced conscription of children, although officially prohibited, reportedly continues (2007)
www.exxun.com/Burma/h_ml.html
military
... women and girls for sexual exploitation occurs from villages to urban centers and other areas; the military junta's economic mismanagement, human rights abuses, and policy of using forced labor are driving ...
www.exxun.com/Burma/i_ti.html
