Global Exchange of Military Information is an arms control annual exchange of information sponsored by the

Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is the world's largest regional security-oriented intergovernmental organization with observer status at the United Nations. Its mandate includes issues such as arms control, pro ...

. Under this agreement, all participating states exchange information about all of their military forces throughout the world. This exchange differs from that under the

Vienna Document The Vienna Document is a series of agreements on confidence and security-building measures between the states of Europe, starting in 1990, with subsequent updates in 1992, 1994, 1999 and 2011. The Vienna Document 2011 was adopted by 57 Organization ...

in that it is not limited to forces in

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located entirel ...

, that is, between the

Atlantic The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceans, with an area of about . It covers approximately 20% of Earth's surface and about 29% of its water surface area. It is known to separate the " Old World" of Africa, Europe an ...

and the

Urals The Ural Mountains ( ; rus, Ура́льские го́ры, r=Uralskiye gory, p=ʊˈralʲskʲɪjə ˈɡorɨ; ba, Урал тауҙары) or simply the Urals, are a mountain range that runs approximately from north to south through western ...

. The information that is exchanged includes: * Location and personnel strength of general staff. * Command organizations,

chain of command A command hierarchy is a group of people who carry out orders based on others' authority within the group. It can be viewed as part of a power structure, in which it is usually seen as the most vulnerable and also the most powerful part. Milit ...

, location, and personnel strength. * Total authorized personnel strength of armed forces. * Total holdings of weapon systems by category and subcategory, and their locations. This exchange is conducted annually in April and reflects holdings as of 1 January. The Russian Federation continued submitting GEMI data even after the invasion and annexation of Crimea in 2014

References

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