Ambassador Salas presented the rules of the competition, organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentine since 2007, as part of which the Emilio F. Mignone International Human Rights Prize is awarded to persons or organisations taking an active part in the protection and promotion of human rights.

Deputy Minister E. Bojanowska thanked for the opportunity to nominate a person or organisation to the prize. She presented the fields of action of the social assistance system in Poland and the social policy towards the elderly.