of its next report. 109. Ms. MASDIT (Thailand) said that, while her country had not yet ratified the Convention, it wanted to submit its initial report to demonstrate the scope of Thailand's efforts to implement the provisions of that instrument. 110. The CHAIRPERSON thanked the representatives of Thailand for having answered Committee members' questions in detail. She recalled that, in accordance with article 27 of the Convention, the two ways in which that instrvmient entered into force in a State party were the State's accession to or ratification of the Convention. In fact, those were legal considerations of lesser interest; the Committee was primarily interested in finding out whether or not the provisions of the Convention were being implemented in a given country. 111. Ms. GONZALEZ MARTINEZ thanked Ms, Masdit for her answers to Committee members’ questions. The Committee was especially pleased by Thailand's accession to the Convention given that the country had not acceded to many other human rights instruments. That being said, she found Mr. Muntarbhorn‘s explanations regarding the Thai Government's reservations to the Convention unsatisfactory, particularly in the case of articles 6 and 10. She made a general appeal to the Thai Government to withdraw its reservations. In addition, Mr. Muntarbhorn had referred to the link between national security and protection of women’s rights. She did not see what relationship there could be between the two. 112. Ms. LAIOU-ANTONIOU thanked Mr. Muntarbhorn for his outstanding presentation and said how happy she was to see a man support the cause of women’s advancement in Thailand with such conviction. With regard to the problem of prostitution, however, she failed to see the cause-and-effeet relationship between that phenomenon and underdevelopment which he had described. In her view, the 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a discussion about a country's implementation of a human rights convention, specifically focusing on women's rights and the government's reservations to certain articles. The language used suggests a focus on social and political issues rather than economic or environmental concerns.

**Category**
Human rights, Education