OSLO (Kyodo) -- The following is the gist of the speech given by Norwegian Nobel Committee Chair Jorgen Watne Frydnes at the award ceremony of the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize for Nihon Hidankyo, Japan's leading group of atomic bomb survivors.

-- Nihon Hidankyo gives hope, is symbol of resilience.

-- Nuclear states must take seriously obligations under Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

-- More countries must ratify Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

-- We must strive to keep nuclear taboo intact as our survival depends on it.