HIROSHIMA (Kyodo) Following is the full prepared text of a speech given by U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon on Friday at an annual ceremony commemorating the atomic bombing of the city of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945:
We are here, on hallowed ground, to see . . . to feel . . . to absorb and reflect.
I am honored to be the first U.N. secretary general to take part in this Peace Memorial Ceremony. And I am deeply moved.