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Introduction - Cyprus: | Location - Cyprus: | People - Cyprus: | Government - Cyprus: | Economy - Cyprus: | Communications - Cyprus: | Transportation - Cyprus: | Military - Cyprus: | Military branches | Republic of Cyprus: Greek Cypriot National Guard (GCNG; includes air and naval elements); north Cyprus: Turkish Cypriot Security Force (GKK) | | Military service age and obligation | 18 years of age (2004) | | Manpower available for military service | Greek Cypriot National Guard (GCNG):
males age 18-49: 184,352
females age 18-49: 175,567 (2005 est.) | | Manpower fit for military service | Greek Cypriot National Guard (GCNG):
males age 18-49: 150,750
females age 18-49: 144,344 (2005 est.) | | Manpower reaching military service age annually | Greek Cypriot National Guard (GCNG):
males age 18-49: 6,578
females age 18-49: 6,200 (2005 est.) | | Refugees and internally displaced persons | IDPs: 210,000 (both Turkish and Greek Cypriots; many displaced for over 30 years) (2006) | | Military expenditures percent of gdp | 3.8% (2005 est.) | | Trafficking in persons | current situation: Cyprus is primarily a destination country for a large number of women trafficked from Eastern and Central Europe, the Philippines, and the Dominican Republic for the purpose of sexual exploitation; traffickers continued to fraudulently recruit victims for work as dancers in cabarets and nightclubs on short-term artiste visas, for work in pubs and bars on employment visas, or for illegal work on tourist or student visas; there were credible reports of female domestic workers from India, Sri Lanka, and the Philippines forced to work excessively long hours and denied proper compensation
tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Cyprus does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and failed to show evidence of increasing efforts to address its serious trafficking for sexual exploitation problem; however, it is making significant efforts to do so | | Disputes international | hostilities in 1974 divided the island into two de facto autonomous entities, the internationally recognized Cypriot Government and a Turkish-Cypriot community (north Cyprus); the 1,000-strong UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) has served in Cyprus since 1964 and maintains the buffer zone between north and south; on 1 May 2004, Cyprus entered the European Union still divided, with the EUs body of legislation and standards (acquis communitaire) suspended in the north | |
This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |