provisions of the Convention. She noted that the United Kingdom understood the main purpose of the Convention to be the "reduction" of discrimination against women. It must be emphasized that the Convention referred to the "elimination" of discrimination. She also noted that the United Kingdom reserved the right to regard the provisions of a niunber of legislative acts as constituting appropriate measures for the practical realization of the objectives of the Convention in the social and economic circiunstances of the United Kingdom, and to continue to apply those provisions accordingly, and that that reservation would apply equally to any future measures. If the legislative acts in question were in keeping with the aims of the Convention, she did not understand why they needed to be mentioned in a reservation. Moreover, she would be grateful for a clarification of the United Kingdom's position on "the affairs of religious denominations". In so far as statistical data were concerned, it would have been preferable to include such information under the discussion of individual articles. Moreover, the statistical data provided were not broken down by sex and were rather hard to understand. 70. Ms. AKAMATSU said that she had been shocked at the пгшЬег of reservations entered by the Government of the United Kingdom to the Convention and wondered what kind of debate had taken place on them. Nevertheless, she was pleased that the Government intended to withdraw a пгшЬег of those reservations; she wished to know the nature of each reservation to be withdrawn. She also wished to know whether the reservation concerning the peerage system had been the object of much criticism by women. 71. Ms. PILATAXI PE ARENAS said that she had examined the seven reservations made by the Government of the United Kingdom carefully and, in many cases, had found it 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be a discussion about a treaty or convention related to women's rights, specifically the United Kingdom's reservations to the treaty. The language used is formal and diplomatic, with references to legislative acts and statistical data. The topics of debate seem to be focused on the interpretation and implementation of the treaty's provisions.

**Category**
Human Rights, Education