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a keen awareness that the solutions adopted, as such, will work only if, in the

final analysis, they are aimed at reaching the same goal: the authentic and

integral development of man.

The world's attention focuses on you and it expects that appropriate

solutions will be adopted to overcome the crisis, with common agreements

which will not favor some countries at the expense of others. History,

furthermore, reminds us that, no matter how difficult it is to reconcile the

different socio-cultural, economic and political identities coexisting today,

these solutions, to be effective, must be applied through combined action

which, above all, respects the nature of man. It is decisive for the very future

of humanity to show the world and history that today, thanks also to this

crisis, man has matured to the point of being able to recognize that civiliza-

tions and cultures, like economic, social and political systems, can and must

converge in a shared vision of human dignity, which respects the laws and

requirements placed in it by God the Creator. The G20 will respond to the

expectations placed in it and grant real success to future generations, if

taking into consideration the various and sometimes contrasting problems

afflicting the peoples of the earth, it is able to set out the characteristics of

the universal common good and demonstrate its willingness to cooperate in

order to attain it.

With these sentiments I invoke God's blessings on all taking part in the

Seoul Summit and I avail myself of the occasion to renew to Your Excellency

the assurance of my highest consideration.

From the Vatican, 8 November 2010.

BENEDICTUS PP. XVI