(f) Military spending, and the extent to which spending on external security can be translated into spending on social security .

The vast majority want to protect military defense spending.

This preponderance of military spending applies to all ten years of Obama s medium term scenario. By 2019, total military spending is projected to be 8.2 trillion, exceeding by 2 trillion the budgeted outlays for all non mandatory budget spending.

Vast resources were being siphoned from economic and social development into military spending.

They considered the growing gap between military spending and official development assistance to be scandalous.

The United States military presence and spending on Guam have decreased considerably during the last decade.

The view was expressed that the growing gap between military spending and development aid was scandalous.

Governments are allowed to use either the OSCE or the NATO form to report their military spending.

The World Bank is also concerned that military spending not crowd out allocations in sectors it supports.

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The allocation of budget revenues was a sovereign decision, but unproductive expenditure, such as excessive military spending, must be avoided.

Nuclear weapons are becoming a permanent feature of some military doctrines, and there has been a dramatic 20 per cent increase in global military spending in the past two years.

Participants in the consultations observed that greater transparency on issues such as military spending in no way jeopardizes the strategic position of military establishments, even those in regions of tension.

As part of their work, the Group developed a definition of military spending, designed a standardized reporting instrument and recommended that Member States begin reporting their military spending on the basis of a standardized matrix, which was included in the report contained in document A 31 222 Rev.1.

And the United States is responsible for almost one half of the world's military spending four percent of the world's population.

The relaxation of international tensions was thought to offer opportunities for reducing military spending worldwide and for using the resources so released to enhance spending on social and economic development for the benefit of all countries.

Finally, it is crucial that States seriously consider diverting military spending in favour of programmes that will improve the welfare of children.

Decisions on the level of military spending appropriate for each member Government is a strategic decision that each Government must make for itself.

Obama s projected budgets do not change that. For the coming 2010 fiscal year, Obama s budget calls for 755 billion in military spending, an amount that exceeds US budget spending in all other areas except so called mandatory spending on social security, health care, interest payments on the national debt, and a few other items.

The international community must collectively call on States to divert such military spending to achieving the Millennium Development Goals and to strengthening the development infrastructure.

The positioning of the carrier in Guam would bring thousands of jobs and millions of dollars in military spending to Guam, as well as 10,000 sailors.

Progress in this field has been significant there are agreements with Chile, Colombia and Ecuador to craft and implement standardized methodologies to reduce our military spending.

34. There was widespread agreement among the participants in the consultations that it was absolutely critical to identify incentives for Governments to report their military spending.

One budget area can and should be cut military spending. But even if America s wildly excessive military budget is cut sharply (and politicians in both parties are resisting that), there will still be a need for new taxes.

During 1987 1990, the emphasis was on the undertaking of activities by the Secretariat in three broad areas monitoring trends in military spending promoting collective knowledge of non military threats to international peace and security and facilitating an exchange of national experiences in conversion from military to civilian fields.

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The region s defense spending has increased by more than 50 in the last decade, and some 60 billion has been earmarked for new weapons, especially naval hardware, over the next five years. The white paper on military strategy that China released in May, which touted plans to expand the country s defense perimeter, intensified neighbors concerns, making even more military spending likely.

Last month, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin also announced yet another increase in Russian defense spending. Russian military expenditures have increased by double digit figures in recent years.

This tragically small sum amounts to just three cents for every 100 of US gross national product, which is less than two days of US military spending.

Insecurity can lead to increased military spending and result in shrinking opportunities, as investors and donors abandon unstable areas and local social and economic activities are curtailed.

The 2005 budget of 3.5 billion approved by Parliament in April predicts a fall in both revenue and expenditure, but excluded off budget expenditure, particularly military spending.

Despite British forces having been engaged in two major military operations since 2003, defense spending represents only 2.3 of GDP the lowest since the 1930 s. As a share of total government spending, defense expenditure has fallen from 7.8 in 1998 to 6.1 in 2006.

But it is doubtful that the US offers China much transparency about its own military capabilities. To put the issue in perspective, the US defense budget constitutes 43 of all military spending worldwide, whereas China s expenditure represents a little over 7 .

13. Calls upon the Government to further reduce military spending and to allocate adequate budgets to those institutions and programmes that are given priority under the peace accords

The World Federation of Free Trade Unions drew attention to the relation between poverty and exploitation in employment and arms production and increasing military spending in the world.

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During the period from 1995 to 2004, social spending rose from 3.2 per cent to approximately 5 per cent of GDP. On the other hand, military spending has been reduced by more than half (from 1 per cent to 0.42 per cent during the same period).

Did you know that one year of the world's military spending equals 700 years of the U.N. budget and equals 2,928 years of the U.N. budget allocated for women?

The Fund points out to countries the impact of military spending on resources available for the social sectors in particular, as well as on fiscal deficits and macroeconomic stability.

It perpetuates deficit spending.

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