The republican subbotnik will be held in Belarus on April 24

April 9, Minsk /BELTA/. A republican subbotnik (volunteer work day) will be held in Belarus on April 24. This decision was made by Resolution of the Council of Ministers of Belarus No. 530, BELTA was informed by the Office of the Council of Ministers. The subbotnik is organized in connection with the celebration of the 65th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 and the declaration of 2010 as the Year of Quality. The proposal to hold the subbotnik was supported by work collectives of organizations and local executive and administrative bodies. It is recommended to hold the republican subbotnik on a voluntary basis. People will work at their workplaces or improve and put in proper order settlements, memorial complexes, places of military glory, and burial sites of soldiers and partisans of the Great Patriotic War, and burial sites of civilians killed en masse. Preparation of suburban health resorts for the summer season and improvement of agro-towns will also be carried out. A working group has been established to prepare and hold the republican subbotnik on April 24. It is headed by Deputy Prime Minister of Belarus Ivan Bambiza. The working group includes heads of ministries, committees, regional executive committees, and the Minsk City Executive Committee. Funds earned at workplaces on the day of the subbotnik, in amounts determined by the employees, are voluntarily transferred through district and city executive committees to regional executive committees and the Minsk City Executive Committee. Regional executive committees and the Minsk City Executive Committee transfer 50% of the received funds to the Ministry of Finance in the manner established by this ministry. The remaining 50% of the funds remain at the disposal of the regional executive committees and the Minsk City Executive Committee and are directed towards the repair, reconstruction, restoration, renewal, and improvement of memorial complexes, places of military glory, burial sites of soldiers and partisans of the Great Patriotic War, and burial sites of civilians killed en masse, as well as for the preparation of suburban health resorts for the summer season and the improvement of agro-towns. The funds transferred to the Ministry of Finance are directed towards financing measures for the development of existing and creation of additional infrastructure of agro-towns in order to improve the quality of life in rural areas. Non-profit organizations participating in the republican subbotnik, by decision of their work collectives, may transfer funds in amounts determined voluntarily by the collectives themselves. Employers also voluntarily withhold funds from the wages of employees for whom April 24, 2010, is a working day. Responsibility for the misuse of funds lies with the officials of the respective state bodies. -0-