that does not pay due regard Co the legal status afforded to {omen and chlldren inthe federal Republic of Gernany in confornity r'itb the above-rnentioned articles of the Convention. 2. This objection sball not preclude the entry into force of the Convention as betueen Banglade6h, Brazil, Egypt. Jamaica, Mauritius, the Repubtic of Korea and the Federal Republic of Gernany. A/40/623 EngIish Page 16 OBJECTION BY UEXI@ TO THE RESER\NTIONS MADE BY NElr ZEALAND [Original! spanish] [22 Juty 19851 L The Covernnent of the United lrexican States ltas studied the content of the reservations toad e by Nes Zealand, in respect of the Cook Islands, to artlcle 2, paragraph (f), and artlcle 5, paragraph (a), of tbe convention, and has concludedthat they should be considered invalial in the light of artlcle 28, paragraph 2, of the Convention, because they are lnconpatible pith its object and purpoae. 2. Ihdeed, the reservations in queation, it put inEo practlce, sould inevitablyresult in discrinination agalnst ronen on the baBis of aex, ehich ls contrary to the entire intenC of the Convention. The principles of equality betleen nen and women and of non-d iacr inination on the basig of aex are enghrined in the Second preanbular paraqraph and Article L, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the Uniteal Nations, and in articles 2 and 16 of lhe Universal Declaration of llunan Rights of 1948, anal uere previoualy accepted by the covernrnent of Neu Zealand ehen itratlfied the International Covenant on Civil and Polit,ical Rights and the International Covenant on Ecooonic, Social and Cultural Rights ot 1965. 3. The objection of the GovernnenE ot l,terico to the reservations in queation should not be interpreted as inpeding the entry into force of the 1979 Conventlon as betueen l'lexico and Ner, Zealand, as far aB the Cook Islands are concerned'
**Analysis**
This text appears to be a diplomatic document discussing the objections to reservations made by New Zealand to the 1979 Convention. The reservations relate to the treatment of women and children in Germany and the Cook Islands, and the document references international human rights instruments such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. The language used is formal and legalistic, suggesting that the document is a formal diplomatic communication.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief, Human rights