Russia, the situation in Syria earlier police who blocked the UN Security Council statement Qusair make a similar statement on Friday after falling through the strategic city of troops loyal to President Bashar AL-Assad.
The same elements contained in the text, Russia refused last weekend, he said, was "one-sided" army unilateral ceasefire requirements. Unlike Security Council resolutions, declarations must be adopted unanimously.
"Members," said in a statement approved, the Council expressed its grave concern at the recent intense fighting in al-Qusair humanitarian impact.
It added that 15 countries Council urged Assad government "immediate, safe and unhindered humanitarian access to relevant, including the United Nations, actor, allowed to reach civilians in al-Qusair, the urgent need of assistance, especially medical assistance . "
Government forces and Hezbollah allies seized control Qusair fight rebels overthrow Assad on Wednesday suffered a serious setback.
Diplomat told Reuters on condition of anonymity condition, which would have been working for the Russian to prevent the statement twice Assad's government, which has refused to allow a town near the border into Lebanon in a week-long siege Aid workers, who promised to allow aid access once they turn Qusair.
"We are very disappointed that it did not prove possible to reach a statement at the weekend, Chairman of the Council this month, British Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant told reporters." But we are pleased that has not been possible to achieve this humanitarian statement . "
"This is the Security Council on Syria for many months of the first product, in addition to a press release from a variety of terrorist attacks," he said. "So I think this is significant, it is a sign, perhaps the Security Council on Syria back together a little bit."
Diplomats said Moscow's move to block the statement stressed at the weekend between Russia and Western countries on how to deal with the two-year-old civil war in Syria, the abyss. U.S. and Russian attempts to organize peace conference in Geneva has been shaken, at least, the meeting has been postponed to July.
The Council has long been a stalemate in Syria, Assad's ally Russia to join the Chinese embargo sanctions and vetoed a resolution condemning the Syrian government's onslaught began in March 2011 peaceful demonstrations.
Since then, the uprising has become a full-fledged civil war has left more than 80,000 people dead. It now involves more and more foreign fighters, including the main Shiite Iranian-backed Hezbollah party government and the rebel Sunni Islamist militants.
The committee approved a statement on Friday called on all parties to the conflict "best efforts to protect civilians and avoid civilian casualties, recalling the Syrian government has the primary responsibility in this regard."
It added: "The person in charge of violation of applicable international law will be held accountable."
The Security Council is due later Friday to discuss the withdrawal from the Golan Heights Austrian UN peacekeepers since the recent fighting.
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