,
Zimbabwe Republic Police (includes Police Support Unit, Paramilitary
Police)

Military manpower--availability:
males age 15-49: 2,738,963 (1999 est.)

Military manpower--fit for military service:
males age 15-49: 1,707,348 (1999 est.)

Military expenditures--dollar figure: $427 million (FY97/98)

Military expenditures--percent of GDP: 4.6% (FY97/98)

Transnational Issues

Disputes--international: quadripoint with Botswana, Namibia, and
Zambia is in disagreement

Illicit drugs: significant transit point for African cannabis and
South Asian heroin, mandrax, and methamphetamines destined for the
South African and European markets

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Appendix A: Abbreviations

A ABEDA Arab Bank for Economic Development
in Africa
ACC Arab Cooperation Council
ACCT Agence de Cooperation Culturelle et
Technique; see Agency for Cultural
and Technical Cooperation; changed
name in 1996 to Agence de la
francophonie or Agency for the
French-Speaking Community
ACP Group African, Caribbean, and Pacific
Group of States
AfDB African Development Bank
AFESD Arab Fund for Economic and Social
Development
AG Andean Group; see Andean Community
of Nations (CAN)
Air Pollution Convention on Long-Range
Transboundary Air Pollution
Air Pollution- Protocol to the 1979 Convention on
Nitrogen Oxides Long-Range Transboundary Air
Pollution Concerning the Control of
Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides or
Their Transboundary Fluxes
Air Pollution- Protocol to the 1979 Convention on
Persistent Long-Range Transboundary Air
Organic Pollution on Persistent Organic
Pollutants Pollutants
Air Pollution- Protocol to the 1979 Convention on
Sulphur 85 Long-Range Transboundary Air
Pollution on the Reduction of
Sulphur Emissions or Their