Ban Ki-moon’s statement on Ahmadinejad’s speech:

“I deplore the use of this platform by the Iranian president to accuse, divide and even incite. This is the opposite of what this Conference seeks to achieve. This makes it significantly more difficult to build constructive solutions to the very real problem of racism,” the statement read.

“It is deeply regrettable that my plea to look to the future of unity was not heeded by the Iranian president….”

For a UN dip, this is positively vitriolic!