Part 47 – AUGUST 18, 1988
''I really have been a reluctant ruler. Really, you can say that. But I am not a person to just give up in disgust and walk away. I am determined to stay here until I solve all of the many problems that continue to face our country.'' - General Zia
At a special meeting today, the General Assembly unanimously agreed to start financing the UN peacekeeping force to be deployed in Iran and Iraq to monitor the fragile cease-fire.