EDIT CONTAINS 4:3 MATERIAL<br/> <br />Unverified video from a social media website shows United Nations observers patrolling the streets of Homs in Syria.<br/> <br />The monitors are part of a shaky U.N.-brokered ceasefire agreement between anti-government demonstrators and troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad.<br/> <br />Anti-government groups say that while the U.N.'s presence has led to some decline in violence, they accuse the Syrian army of resuming their operations when the U.N. observers aren't looking.<br/> <br />U.N officials say Syria's continued defiance of the ceasefire agreement has not gone unnoticed.<br/> <br />U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) SUSAN RICE, UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS, SAYING:<br/> <br />"The Security Council received a briefing as you know via video teleconference from Joint Special Envoy (Kofi) Annan and an in-person briefing by Under-Secretary General (Herve) Ladsous earlier this afternoon. Mr. Annan stated that the situation in Syria and I quote, 'continues to be unacceptable'. Mr. Annan expressed his concerns at reports that attacks have resumed in locations directly following the departure of members of the observer team, calling them, and I quote, 'unacceptable and reprehensible, if true'."<br/> <br />Up to 300 unarmed monitors have been authorized for deployment over the next three months.<br/> <br />Members of the Chinese team arrived in Damascus on Tuesday.<br/> <br />So far, the Syrian government has refused at least one U.N. observer because of his nationality.<br/> <br />Julie Noce, Reuters
