A/HRC/43/50/Add.3 tasks will be supported only in cases justified by the high substantive value and noncommercial character of the task. An important objective of the programme is also to draw attention to the most valuable projects implemented outside the largest cultural and economic centres of Poland, in regions with difficult access to cultural goods. However, this objective does not mean carrying out activities of an ad hoc and interventional nature, but supporting undertakings for which the local perspective becomes an opportunity to develop one's own, original formula of participation in culture. 14. Undertakings implementing the fundamental objectives of the programme should display the full spectrum of musical culture, creating a kind of showcase of contemporary Polish culture, making it a symbol of the fundamental civilisational transformations of contemporary Poland”. 15. Therefore, it is not true that the components of the system of awarding points in the Minister's Programmes are not transparent. All the criteria on the basis of which the assessment of the proposal is formulated are precisely described and publicly available. 16. There have been no changes in this area in recent years. The scoring structure: • 60 Content-related assessment, • 30 Strategic assessment, • 10 Organizational assessment. Ad paragraph 21 17. The Special Rapporteur regrets not being able to meet with the Minister of Culture and National Heritage despite having requested such a possibility three times and that no representatives of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage took part in an official meeting with the Government on the conclusions of the visit”. 18. The Minister of Culture and National Heritage also regrets that he did not meet with the Special Rapporteur, as he is aware that this meeting would have been important and necessary. Unfortunately, the proposal for the meeting was not included in the programme of the Special Rapporteur's visit, it was formulated without prior notice and it assumed a very short time to adjust the Minister's calendar. Despite sincere intentions, it was not possible to adapt the Minister's calendar to such an urgent deadline. Putting the Minister in a position of organizing a meeting at such a short notice is all the more surprising because the visit of the Special Rapporteur lasted several days - and there were no obstacles to plan and organise the meeting with the Minister well in advance. Minister P. Gliński, in a letter to the Special Rapporteur of 23 January 2019, explained the situation, expressed his willingness to meet and invited the Special Rapporteur to Poland. Ad Part III The implementation of cultural rights in Poland paragraph 23 and 24 Independence of cultural institutions and media 19. Politicians, like any other participants of public life, have the right to express their opinions on cultural and artistic issues, and have the right to criticize a message that they consider artistically imperfect or detrimental to their value system. However, this does not mean that any political pressure is exerted in Poland on artists, directors or employees of cultural institutions. The allegations of the Special Rapporteur, who expresses her concern, are vague - with no specific arguments or factual references. The accusations of “investigations” and “dismissals” of employees of cultural institutions used in the Report are not true. This is yet another fragment of the report without any evidence-based argumentation - it is therefore impossible to determine which specific events the author has in mind. 20. There is currently no problem of censorship in Poland and no threat to freedom of speech. The current Polish government, appreciates democratic values, including above all 6