Editing Vanuatu (section)

=== Armed forces ===
{{Further|Law enforcement in Vanuatu}}

There are two police wings: the [[Law enforcement in Vanuatu|Vanuatu Police Force]] (VPF) and the paramilitary wing, the [[Military of Vanuatu|Vanuatu Mobile Force]] (VMF).<ref name="autogenerated3">[http://epress.anu.edu.au/kastom/mobile_devices/ch05s02.html The Vanuatu Police Force] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419164404/http://epress.anu.edu.au/kastom/mobile_devices/ch05s02.html |date=19 April 2012 }}. Epress.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 17 April 2012.</ref> Altogether there were 547 police officers organised into two main police commands: one in Port Vila and one in Luganville.<ref name="autogenerated3"/> In addition to the two command stations there were four secondary police stations and eight police posts. This means that there are many islands with no police presence, and many parts of islands where getting to a police post can take several days.<ref>[http://www.theodora.com/wfbcurrent/vanuatu/vanuatu_military.html Vanuatu Military 2012] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120506193609/http://www.theodora.com/wfbcurrent/vanuatu/vanuatu_military.html |date=6 May 2012 }}. theodora.com</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://articles.janes.com/articles/Janes-Sentinel-Security-Assessment-Oceania/Armed-forces-Vanuatu.html |title=Armed forces (Vanuatu)&nbsp;– Sentinel Security Assessment&nbsp;– Oceania |publisher=Articles.janes.com |date=3 November 2011 |access-date=12 May 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120713083835/http://articles.janes.com/articles/Janes-Sentinel-Security-Assessment-Oceania/Armed-forces-Vanuatu.html |archive-date=13 July 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> There is no purely military expenditure.<ref>[http://www.indexmundi.com/vanuatu/military_profile.html Vanuatu Military Profile 2012] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120823080227/http://www.indexmundi.com/vanuatu/military_profile.html |date=23 August 2012 }}. Indexmundi.com (12 July 2011). Retrieved 17 April 2012.</ref> In 2017, Vanuatu signed the UN [[treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XXVI-9&chapter=26&clang=_en |title=Chapter XXVI: Disarmament&nbsp;– No. 9 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons |publisher=United Nations Treaty Collection |date=7 July 2017 |access-date=15 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806220546/https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?src=TREATY&mtdsg_no=XXVI-9&chapter=26&clang=_en |archive-date=6 August 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Vanuatu wants total ban on nuclear weapons |url=https://dailypost.vu/news/vanuatu-wants-total-ban-on-nuclear-weapons/article_cea873a9-fd4d-5e7c-bbc6-d314c8387abe.html |work=Dailypost.vu |date=5 June 2018 |access-date=15 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219134107/http://dailypost.vu/news/vanuatu-wants-total-ban-on-nuclear-weapons/article_cea873a9-fd4d-5e7c-bbc6-d314c8387abe.html |archive-date=19 December 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>