UN General Assembly
2012

his trip to Lebanon, we should import ideas of peace and creativity, we should find ways of accepting each person in his otherness, we should therefore make visible before the world the respect that religions have for one another, respect for man as a creature of God, and love of neighbour as fundamental to all religions. In that way, using all possible means, including material assistance, we must help to bring an end to war and violence so that all can help rebuild the peace. On his return from Lebanon, the Holy Father called on Arab countries, as brothers, to propose workable solutions that respect the dignity, the rights and the religion of every individual. Those who wish to build peace must cease to see in the other an evil to be eliminated. It is not easy to see in the other a person to be respected and loved, and yet that is necessary if one desires to build peace, if one desires fraternity. Moreover, only an international community strongly rooted in values that genuinely uphold human