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Armed forces growth -57 [121st of 132]
Armed forces personnel 39,000 [78th of 166]
Branches
Belgian Armed Forces: Land Operations Command, Naval Operations Command, Air Operations Command
Conscription
Conscription was abolished as of 1 January 1994 under the so-called Delacroix Bill of 6 July 1993 (WRI).
Conventional arms imports $12,000,000.00 [71st of 85]
expenditure > % of GDP 1.24 % Time series [78th of 145]
Expenditures > Dollar figure $3,999,000,000.00 Time series [21st of 111]
Forces in Europe > Aircraft 128 [16th of 24]
Forces in Europe > Battle Tanks 143 [23rd of 24]
Forces in Europe > Helicopters 46 [11th of 22]
Gulf War Coalition Forces 400 [21st of 30]
Manpower > Availability > Males age 15-49 2,497,420 [77th of 175]
personnel 37,000 Time series [83rd of 170]
personnel > % of total labor force 0.82 % Time series [91st of 168]
Service age and obligation
18 years of age for voluntary military service; conscription suspended
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier > National examples > Description
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the base of the location.
Weapon holdings 793,000 [72nd of 137]
WWII > Jew killed 40,000 [9th of 14]
WWII > Jewish population before war 65,000 [9th of 16]
WWII > Percent of Jew killed 60 [7th of 14]

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SOURCES: calculated on the basis of data on armed forces from IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press; IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies). 2001. The Military Balance 2001-2002. Oxford: Oxford University Press; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Geneva, Switzerland, 1997. Data collected from the nations concerned, unless otherwise indicated. Acronyms: Amnesty International (AI); European Council of Conscripts Organizations (ECCO); Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC); International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights (IHFHR); National Interreligious Service Board for Conscientious Objectors (NISBCO); Service, Peace and Justice in Latin America (SERPAJ); War Resisters International (WRI); World Council of Churches (WCC); SIPRI (Stockholm International Peace Research Institute). 2005. SIPRI Arms Transfers. Database. February. Stockholm.; World Development Indicators database; Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE): A Review and Update of Key Treaty Elements (US Department of State: Washington, DC, Jan. 2002). Joint Consultative Group (JCG), Group on Treaty Operation and Implementation, JCG document JCG.TOI/22/03, 23 June 2003; "Gulf War Veterans: Measuring Health" by Lyla M. Hernandez, Jane S. Durch, Dan G. Blazer II, and Isabel V. Hoverman, Editors; Committee on Measuring the Health of Gulf War Veterans, Institute of Medicine. Published by The National Academies Press 1999; CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Wikipedia: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier ; Bonn International Center for Conversion (BICC); Wikipedia: The War Against the Jews

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Belgium, Kingdom of Belgium, Royaume de Belgique/Koninkrijk Belgie, Belgique/Belgie

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