Marja van Bijsterveldt, Dutch Minister for LGBT and Gender Equality, told delegates at the dinner: "Every person deserves the right to live in freedom. I am saying this to you all, and in particular, to the forty representatives from East and Central European countries who, with our support, have had the courage to join us here today. As the playwright Oscar Wilde once said: 'Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.' Together, we have the responsibility for creating a society in which everyone counts. We have to achieve this together, side by side and with firm belief. Let's fight the good fight."