Bereaved families of the victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki and people representing atomic bomb survivors offer water at Peace Park in Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 2021, during a ceremony marking the 76th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing of the southwestern Japan city. (Pool photo)(Kyodo)

NAGASAKI - The following is the text of a message from U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres delivered Monday at the memorial ceremony in Nagasaki on the 76th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the southwestern Japanese city.