Firm fleshed ripe fruit, sombre raptures

Alabdullah says yesterday's work was especially sombre.

The picture is a sombre one, and we are all affected.

I very much hope that Member States will use this opportunity to bring out their observations and ideas about both the substance of our issues the sombre realities of today's world  and the process and work ahead.

When we go into that work, we should be reminded of two important realities one, the expectations and dreams of our peoples for this Organization, our United Nations the other, the sombre realities in this world, which we must also feel in these halls.