Foreign Minister for Norway responds to Iran

Foreign minister for Norway responds to Iran

By Dani Orelowitz, University of Nottingham
Foreign Minister of Norway
- Freedom of speech is an integral part of human rights. However there is a need to protect against incitement to hatred and the promotion of intolerances.

- We are not here to fingerpoint or to list conflicts..- We have to protect people against racism, discrimination and incitement to hate.

- The speech of the Iranian president runs counter to the spirit and dignity of this conference.

- He made Iran the odd man out and Norway won't accept this conference to be hijacked by the odd man out.

- There is an agreed text that is within the red lines as defined by Norway. A few months ago it included conflicting messages. Norway did not accept a text that was hijacked and refuses to have a text which recreated history: The Holocaust wasa man-made disaster.

- "We will not surrender the floor of the United Nations to extremism."