Geneva โ€” Another European Union country has had enough of the Durban Review Conference. Following yesterdayโ€™s offensive speech by President Ahmadinejad, the Czech Republic announced it was joining the conference boycott because it did not wish to lend legitimacy to the Iranian presidentโ€™s โ€œanti-Israeli attacks.โ€

The Czech Republic is the latest state to vote on Durban II with it feet. (Others include Israel, Canada, Italy, the U.S., Australia, the Netherlands, Germany, and Poland.) Itโ€™s a telling blow to conference proponents, since the Czech Republic currently holds the European Unionโ€™s rotating presidency.

Ahmadinejadโ€™s speech won no fans in Norway, either. Norwegian foreign minister Jonas Gahr Store declared that Iran was making itself โ€œthe odd man out.โ€ As the conference goes along, the U.S. decision to boycott is being repeatedly confirmed.