All of this, of course, makes you wonder whether anyone is actually making voluntary contributions.
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The charity said it followed cuts to its statutory income and a decline in voluntary contributions.
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Parents are also expected to make voluntary contributions of about 65 euros to the school each year.
Workers will be allowed to make additional voluntary contributions (AVCs) of 1% of their gross salary from 2002, rising to 4% by 2008.
"We could raise a good proportion of that through voluntary contributions, " he said, adding that a future Conservative government would overturn the charges.
States are called upon to increase their contributions to these programmes, both through promoting a larger allocation from the United Nations regular budget, and through voluntary contributions.
Don't try and enter normal pension contributions or associated Additional Voluntary Contributions (AVCs) made to your employer's pension fund, because you will already have received tax relief through Pay as you earn (PAYE).
The funding issue, however, will become more and more urgent in the coming weeks and months, and the U.N. must find a sustainable solution beyond a call for voluntary contributions by member states.
In this context, she recalled that Iraq made voluntary contributions to UNESCO amounting to over USD 4 million in the first six months of 2012 alone, notably through self-benefiting projects in the field of cultural heritage preservation, and emphasized that such cooperation would be expanded to the fields of education and sciences.
That means it has always had to rely on governments' willingness to contribute to its Environment Fund, as its core funding is known - and their contributions are entirely voluntary.
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