Henry Kissinger told the United Nations today [Sept 24] that Washington was ready to use its influence towards a negotiated settlement to the Middle East conflict. He said that United States would spare no efforts towards world détente. ... Making his first appearance in a UN forum and his first major address since he was sworn in ... Dr. Kissinger said the Assembly must give urgent attention to `the growing threats to the world`s food supply`. The United States, he said, proposed `that a world food conference be organised under United Nations auspices. .. .` News agencies [Meanwhile, as reported by news agencies from Nairobi,] President Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya ... called on delegates from 126 countries to increase efforts to solve the two-yearold world monetary problem. Speaking at a ... ceremony opening the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, Mr Kenyatta said all States had a common interest in curing the sickness of inflation and currency uncertainty.
Developing countries in particular were badly hit by inflation in the industrial States, he pointed out.
