U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has called on the United Nations Security Council to make a renewed effort to deal with the conflict in Syria. She said the body was "paralyzed", BBC News reported.
UK Prime Minister David Cameron has also demanded UN action.
France, Britain and the United States are in favor of taking stronger action against President Bashar al-Assad, but Russia and China are backing the Syrian government.
On Wednesday, Sept 26, suicide bombers attacked a military HQ in Damascus.
Clinton said that the Security Council must end the violence and urged the members to "try once again to find a path forward".
Cameron also called on the UN to act, telling the annual meeting of the UN General Assembly that recent evidence of crimes against children in Syria is "a terrible stain on the reputation of this United Nations".
He singled out those countries which "failed to stand up to these atrocities and in some cases aided and abetted Assad's reign of terror" for particular criticism.
The five permanent members of the council, who all hold vetoes, have so far been unable to agree on a course of action regarding the conflict in Syria, which has claimed some 27,000 lives over the last 18 months.
