Clinton: UN Security Council Failed Syria

U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, criticized both Russia and China for using the veto power against the resolution in the UN Security Council which condemned “crackdown on civilian protesters “in Syria. Clinton said during a visit to the Dominican Republic that the Council did not commit to its responsibility by not passing a resolution condemning Syria for its brutal crackdown on civilian protesters, because Russia and China have used the veto power. She said that " the States which have chosen to use the veto power against the draft resolution would have to justify that to the Syrian people.” she added: "the Syrian people will never forget that." President Barack Obama government has promised to continue to put pressure on Bashar al-Assad’s regime, while the Syrian opposition said that the failure to condemn the system may open the door to more violence in the country. Victoria Nuland, spokesman for the U.S. State Department, said in a press statement that: "The United States will continue to work a long with a large number of countries to continue to increase our pressure on the Syrian regime." She added: "We believe that despite the recent voting, the number of countries willing to continue to raise the level of pressure on the Syrian regime is growing more and more.” China and Russia have used the veto power to reject the draft presented by Britain, France, Germany and Portugal in the Security Council meeting on Tuesday, which condemns the repression by the Syrian regime over Syrian protesters. Nuland said: "We firmly believe that days will prove which countries were right, and which ones were on other side, following the vote on Tuesday.” Despite the European and American anger, Beijing and Moscow said that they would not be receptive to any suggestions to impose sanctions on the Syrian government. "Moral obligation" On the hand, UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, expressed his regret over the failure of the Security Council in achieving a resolution on the "unacceptable” violence in Syria. He said: "We have a moral obligation to prevent further bloodshed." But Damascus considered rejecting the resolution as "a historic day, as Russia and China stood against injustice", Bothaina Shaaban, the Syrian President's advisor, said. The draft resolution had been rejected despite the support of nine of the council’s 15 Member States, where South Africa, India, Brazil and Lebanon refused to vote. Observers say the vote on Syria’s issue devoted the deep divisions between member states of the Security Council, especially permanent members, in the light of the NATO operations against targets under the control of Libyan government. Borhan Ghalyon ,  head the Syrian National Council, which is considered as  the  new political umbrella of the Syrian opposition,  said on Wednesday that:  "supporting  Bashar al-Assad and his military actions will not encourage the Syrian people to continue their commitment to a  peaceful revolution." He added that "in order to avoid more violence, the international community needs to take to make a move in different way to understand the risks that we face in this historic moment."