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United States and four European countries in the Security Council of the UN (United Kingdom, France, Germany and Portugal) failed last night in his first attempt to achieve a resolution condemning the repression in Syria, which has begun to discuss again today amid a dark landscape in the country. According to witnesses quoted by Reuters, a convoy of 30 tanks has come a major road to Damascus.

The UN meeting yesterday, it was significant that no one expressed a desire to drop the scheme Bashar Asad, and diplomatic pressure should be limited to form, not substance. It is generally believed that a collapse of the regime would entail a high risk of chaos with effects on the whole Middle East. During his speech to the 15 Council members, the United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon condemned the violence against protesters and demanded an independent investigation.

Among the most reluctant to return are Russia and China, two permanent members with veto power and usually reluctant to interfere in "internal affairs" of a country, as was the case when United Nations approved the resolution allowing to perform all the necessary measures to Libyan protect from attacks by Gaddafi.

The Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan , phoned and asked the Asad simply "restraint." If you still had any doubts, the Syrian president had to calm down before those reactions, would not suffer the same type of sentence Libya's Muammar Gaddafi, although he too was using tanks against civilians and the death toll continued to rise. The Syrian human rights organizations estimated the number of deaths in at least 400, 120 of them in the last four days.

"The Syrians need reforms, not repression," said British diplomatic sources at the end of the meeting of Council. "We decided to meet again tomorrow (today) to discuss the situation in the Middle East, specifically in Syria," the ambassador of Colombia, Nestor Osorio, whose country chairs the Security Council in April. He added that countries "are not rushing for anything. Tomorrow (today) continue with our meetings, we receive another report on the situation in Syria and then see what the attitude of the Council, "said Osorio, who said there are" drafts circulating, but nothing concrete yet. "

Harder was U.S. ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice, who described the violence used by the Syrian government as "brutal", "detestable and deplorable" and reiterated that Washington was considering sanctions against Damascus. For his part, Secretary General expressed concern about the situation in the country. "totally condemn the continued use of violence against peaceful manifesantes in Syria, particularly using tanks and artillery fire which caused hundreds of deaths and injuries ", on which it requested an independent investigation.

Syrian envoy to the UN, Bashar Jaafari, said that his government is capable of" carrying any investigation conducted with full transparency "and said:" We have nothing to hide. "