The Mexican Senate awards the Belisario Domínguez Medal. According to El Financiero, it was instituted by a decree published in the Diario Oficial on January 28, 1953. It goes to Mexicans whose “actividad pública los ha distinguido por su servicio a México” (public activity has distinguished them by their service to Mexico). The decree provided that it be presented in a solemn session of the Senate.