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Belize Belize: Child Soldier Global Report 2001 From the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers The law allows for the establishment of obligatory national service whenever voluntary applicants for the Belize Defence Force are not sufficient. However, applicants have regularly been in excess of available spaces by at least three-to-one, and enlistment has been entirely voluntary throughout the force's existence. The army provides the prospect of a steady job in a country with relatively high unemployment rates. The 1977 Defence Ordinance sets the minimum age of eighteen for enlistment. Service can be for various terms and includes both a period of active service and a subsequent reserve obligation. Under the law, service should not exceed twenty-two years of active duty. In a state of emergency, volunteers and reserve forces can be called up for permanent service. June 12, 2001 Belize: Landmine Monitor Report 2000 Belize signed the Mine Ban Treaty on 27 February 1998 and ratified on 23 April 1998, the tenth nation to do so. Belize submitted its Article 7 transparency report on 4 November 1999. Belize has not yet enacted domestic implementing legislation.25 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed to Landmine Monitor that "to date Belize has not yet reached the stage of implementing laws for the enforcement of the aforementioned Convention of Ottawa."26 It appears other legislation has taken priority over the Mine Ban Treaty for now. August 1, 2000
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