New: The United Nations Security Council discussed Yemen - CNN

Supporters of President Ali Abdullah Saleh climbing on the Poles during a rally was held in the capital Sanaa, April 15, 2011.New: United Nations Security Council examines YemenNEW: UNICEF voices concern at the death of childrenNEW: killed at least 1 confirmed Wednesday

Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) - mounted Yemen Wednesday as world powers of losses to the political crisis paralyzing the poor and restive nation.

The United Nations Security Council met for the first time Tuesday to tackle hostilities Yemen, where anti-government protesters have clashed with security forces and pro-Government demonstrators over the past two months.

The efforts of the United Nations to deal with the crisis of the Yemen coincide with the initiative in the Gulf Cooperation Council six nations, or the GCC – a coalition of Arab Gulf nations working to ease tensions between the Government of the Yemen Ali Abdullah Saleh and a restless opposition.

The Security Council could not agree on a joint statement, and it is not known if any diplomatic response will be forthcoming on the Yemen in the next few days.

But a diplomat said that Yemen first time on the agenda of the Security Council and perhaps he was "too early for everyone in agreement".

This world and regional diplomatic focus on the Yemen at the time where the demonstrators the streets in the capital of Sana'a and other cities across the country, the United Nations calls the world's poorest countries in the region.

One death was reported in Hodeida Wednesday, when the security forces in civilian clothing shot and killed one demonstrating, said sources.

Security officials in the city of the province said Aden Khormaksar soldier was killed and three others were injured. The security forces, said they saw at least six armed with machine guns, local residents attacked the security forces.

Eyewitnesses said the troops had been antagonizing the Khormaksar by implementing control points, questioning people in the streets and using threatening language.

The instability of the Yemen is rooted in basic economic and political grievances, but the instability of the country is the West. This is because the terrorist network al-Qaeda has a strong presence there. The Saleh Government has been a U.S. ally in the fight against Islamic militants there.

The United Nations, the Security Council was informed by a senior officer of the political affairs of the United Nations and United Nations sent to the Yemen. The Germany and the Lebanon has introduced a Declaration on the Yemen which would have called the moderation of the violence, among other themes.

Ambassador to the United States to the United Nations Susan Rice said at the United States and other nations discussed demanded deference and an end to violence in the Yemen with a credible transition to democracy.

The United States and the France wanted to express their support for the efforts of the GCC. The Germany expressed concerns about the deterioration of the situation in the Yemen the meeting and called on all parties to have a dialogue with the Yemen. He also expressed to the CCG.

But a diplomat U.N. said concerns of China and the Russia blocked a response unified to the evolution of the situation, and some countries wanted more time to consult their Governments.

Another organization of the United Nations, United Nations Children Fund, said Wednesday that too many children are exposed to the danger to the Yemen.

Spokesperson for the UNICEF Marixie Mercado told journalists in Geneva, Switzerland, that at least 26 children were killed, by real bullets or ammunition in the past two months mainly.

Another 15 children were killed in a large explosion at the factory of ammunition of Abyan in March "when civilians were reportedly pillaged the facility, which had been previously taken by militants."

Mercado said that more than 80 other children had been injured to beatings, rock-throwing or shootings. She said nearly 800 others were exposed to tear gas to the Yemen.Richard Roth of CNN Christine Theodorou in Abu Dhabi and Hakim Almasmari in Sanaa of CNN journalist, the United Nations has contributed to this report.

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Syrian security opened fire on demonstrators on the City - The Daily Star site

Beirut - Syrian Police early Tuesday reportedly opened fire on thousands of demonstrators who had occupied a key place in the Syrian city of Homs earlier hours to demand the resignation of Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad.

The shooting was the latest sign that the rebellion of anti-Assad months continues to grow.

Al-Jazeera, the Arab satellite news channel, reported that the demonstrators dispersed after the shooting. Chain report said at least two people were injured, but the number of dead and injured is perhaps higher. The chain said its correspondent reported that those injured were afraid to go to the hospital.

Protesters had said they planned the overnight camp in place, and thousands had gathered there Monday after a funeral for eight demonstrators who were killed in the city Sunday during clashes with the police.

Government restricted Assad a struggle between the brutal repression and attacks on demonstrators that left many analysts of events Syrians grip to explain if the response is an effort to curb the worst abuses of the regime or a sign of confusion within the Government on how to respond to a movement which appears to be intimidated.

Nadim Houry, an analyst based in Beirut to Human Rights Watch, which followed the Syria for six years, said he believes that confusion arose in part because the Assad regime has always been able to support that he left to the power guarantee stability in the volatile region. But continuous protests have questioned on this promise.

Add to the confusion, it is that every time that El-Assad offered the reforms, it was followed by a wave of repression.

"The Government is trying to negotiate, but the social contract (the promise of stability) is broken" Houry said. "And people have no reason to believe the promises of reform."

Video on YouTube of protests Sunday in Homs showed blood on the ground with the noise of machine guns and bullets. In another video, crowds of men along what appears to be a rural Street and crawl on the ground, as bullets whiz fresh General.

Monday, a YouTube video showed what purported to be the funeral of one of the demonstrators. The crowd, composed exclusively of men, chanted "one!" One! One! The Syrian people is a! ?

It is virtually impossible to authenticate the source of the videos. The Syrians that display online images remain anonymous for fear of reprisals from the Government. Homs witnesses could not be reached for comment.

Assad recently promised that the Government would end soon the emergency law that allows him to stop and arrest citizens. Whenever he made the pledge, police followed by roving the streets and shooting protesters.

The Government has also announced it would grant citizenship to the Kurdish population, but this is widely seen as attempt to prevent the estimated Kurds live in the limbo to join demonstrations. Assad has also replaced half of his Cabinet, but he stacked with loyalists.

The result has been the only increase calls for demonstrations and more.

"People will not come back." People are, in the streets, every day, said Marah Bukai, founder and President of Al goods Institute of Humanitarian Studies in Washington.

"People are determined to obtain their freedom," said Bukai.

"This system does not meet the requirements of the population and particularly young Syrians." We ask for a change. We need to be a democratic country, led by a democratic system, "said Mazen Darwish, a militant in Damascus." "We need to see our developing countries, and a civilized country".

A group of the city of the South of Dara - where the protests first erupted he ya - one months, issued a statement that called for the repeal of emergency legislation, democratic elections, presidential term limit, freedom of expression and an independent judiciary.

On Saturday, Al-Assad delivered a speech in his new Cabinet promising the right urgency should be repealed less than a week, but it also means that dissent would not be tolerated.

"We will be not lenient towards sabotage," he told state television.

Human rights groups estimate at least 220 people died in the uprising of months, including eight Sunday.

Al-Assad, an ophthalmologist formed in Britain, came to power in 2001 following the death of his father, who led the country for almost 30 years. It has gained in popularity in the Arab world and Syria for appearing to take a stand against the West, including the United States and Israel, but has attracted the ire of Washington. The Obama administration nervously monitors the situation in Syria, which shares its borders with five U.S. strategic partners: Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Israel.

(Bossone is corresponding special McClatchy.) (Cairo contributed Nancy a. Youssef and special correspondent Sabry Mohannad.)

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