47 nominations from 28 different countries are in the running for this award, the last of eight international awards that are bestowed each year by the Prince of Asturias Foundation, and which are now in their twenty-seventh year.

The meetings of the jury responsible for awarding the 2007 Prince of Asturias Award for Concord, the last of eight international awards that will be bestowed by the Prince of Asturias Foundation, will be held on September 11th and 12th. The awards are bestowed this year for the twenty-seventh time in their history.

The Prince of Asturias Awards aim, to quote from the Statutes of the Foundation "to reward the scientific, technical, cultural, social and humanistic work performed by individuals, groups or institutions worldwide." As part of this spirit, the Prince of Asturias Award for Concord "will be bestowed upon the person, persons or institution whose work has made an exemplary and outstanding contribution to mutual understanding and peaceful coexistence amongst men, to the struggle against injustice, poverty, disease or ignorance, to the defence of freedom, or whose work has widened the horizons of knowledge or has been outstanding in protecting and preserving mankind´s heritage".

There are 47 nominations in the running for this Award -excluding those that the members of the jury might themselves propose before the jury is called to session- from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cuba, China, France, Ghana, India, Island, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, Peru, Poland, Rwanda, United States, Senegal, Thailand, Tibet, Tunisia, Venezuela and Spain.

The Award is endowed with fifty thousand Euros, a sculpture created and specially donated for the Awards by Joan Miró, a diploma and an insignia.

The Jury, which will convene at the Hotel de la Reconquista, is made up of members of the Boards of Trustees of the Foundation.

Deliberations will start at 6 p.m. on Tuesday 11th in Salón Covadonga (Chapel) of the Reconquista Hotel, immediately after the official photograph has been taken. Their decision will be made public at 12.00 a.m. on Wednesday 12th in the Salón Covadonga of the hotel (on the ground floor), and jury members will then be available for interviews.

This is the last of the eight Prince of Asturias Awards to be bestowed in what is their twenty-seventh edition. The Prince of Asturias Award for International Cooperation was given to the president of Alliance for Climate Protection, Al Gore, the Award for the Arts went to American singer Bob Dylan, the Prince of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research was jointly bestowed on British scientist Peter Lawrence and Spanish scientist Ginés Morata, the Award for Letters was given to Amos Oz, the Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities went to scientific journals Science and Nature, the Prince of Asturias Award for Social Sciences was bestowed upon German sociologist Ralf Dahrendorf and the Prince of Asturias Award for Sports was given to German Formula 1 race car driver Michael Schumacher.

The reading of the Jury's decision will be broadcast on live television and the signal will be openly transmitted via the Hispasat satellite. In addition, there will be a live Internet broadcast at the Foundation's website: www.fpa.es