Thirteen countries voted for the resolution proposed by European and Arab nations to give strong backing to the Arab League's plan to end the crackdown. But Russia and China made a repeat of their rare double veto carried out on October 5 on an earlier condemnation. "I would like to express our great regret and disappointment" at the veto, said Morocco's UN ambassador Mohammed Loulichki, whose country is the Arab member of the 15-member council and played a key role in the drawing up the resolution. Russia and China "shamefully vetoed" the resolution, Britain's UN mission said. The Security Council has now only agreed one statement, which has a lower standing, on the Syrian crisis since protests erupted in March last year.