Iceland Foreign Minister gives terrorism speech at UN

Iceland’s new Foreign Minister Lilja D. Alfreðsdóttir told the United Nations (UN) Security Council on Wednesday that the world must “act together urgently as a community” to counter the threats of extremism and international terrorism.

In a speech entitled ‘Countering the narratives and ideologies of terrorism’, Alfreðsdóttir told delegates that “all our societies potentially harbour individuals who instigate and nurture ideologies which can be turned into a justification for violence and terrorism”