from the Equal Opportunities Commission. Since she could not find the Commission's comments anywhere in the report, she wished to know whether the Commission had expressed any criticism of the report. 75. With regard to training courses for civil service staff, she wished to know whether such staff were being trained only in matters of non-discrimination with respect to personnel policy in the civil service, or whether they were being trained about the issue of non-discrimination per se. Were civil servants being trained to be alert to the different effects of non-discriminatory legislation on men and women? 76. Ms. OESER said that she was pleased that the Government of the United Kingdom had discussed its report with some 85 women's organizations. The Government had entered an unusually large number of reservations to the Convention, and she was glad that it intended to keep those reservations under constant review with the intention of withdrawing them as soon as possible. Nevertheless, she hoped that the United Kingdom representative would explain why her Government had considered it necessary to make so many reservations. 77. Ms. LAIOU-ANTONIOU said she was pleased that the United Kingdom Government had laid particular emphasis on the areas of employment and education. She had been surprised to learn that the Department of Education and a number of other departments had supported women's rights with such enthusiasm, and the Committee should consider thanking them in some way. With regard to some of the programmes, proposals and positive action initiated by the Equal Opportunities Commission, she did not see any mention of the role which mass women's organizations played in such efforts. 78. She regretted the fact that the United Kingdom Government had deemed it necessary to make so many reservations. The reservation concerning article 2 of 
**Analysis**
This text appears to be a discussion about a report from the Equal Opportunities Commission, specifically focusing on gender equality and women's rights in the United Kingdom. The speakers mention the report's content, reservations, and the training of civil service staff, indicating a strong connection to the topic of employment and human rights.

**Category**
Employment, Human rights