Editing Comoros (section)

=== Military ===
{{Main|Army of National Development}}
The military resources of the Comoros consist of a small standing army and a 500-member police force, as well as a 600-member defence force.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/about/archives/2023/countries/comoros/#military-and-security |title=Military and Security |website=cia.gov |date=2023 |access-date=13 May 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/about/archives/2023/field/military-and-security-forces |title=Military and security forces |website=cia.gov |date=2023 |access-date=13 May 2025}}</ref> A defence treaty with France<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/13/cr-cafe/11-12/c1112018.asp |title=– Comores : accord instituant un partenariat de défense (n° 3598) |website=assemblee-nationale.fr |author=Martine Aurillac |date=16 November 2010 |language=fr |access-date=13 May 2025}}</ref> provides naval resources for protection of territorial waters, training of Comorian military personnel, and air surveillance. France maintains the presence of a few senior officers in the Comoros at government request, as well as a small maritime base and a [[French Foreign Legion|Foreign Legion]] Detachment (DLEM) on [[Mayotte]].

Once the new government was installed in May–June 2011, an expert mission from UNREC (Lomé) came to the Comoros and produced guidelines for the elaboration of a national security policy, which were discussed by different actors, notably the national defence authorities and civil society.<ref>FINAL EVALUATION, Peace Building Fund Programme in the Comoros 2008–2011, 19 October 2011 – 8 November 2011</ref> By the end of the programme in end March 2012, a normative framework agreed upon by all entities involved in SSR will have been established.{{Update inline|date=August 2021}} This will then have to be adopted by Parliament and implemented by the authorities.