国际英语新闻:UN Security Council demands safe, unrestricted access to MH17 crash site

UNITED NATIONS, July 21 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security Council on Monday approved a resolution demanding safe and unrestricted access to the MH17 crash site, and calling for full cooperation with the international investigation.

In the resolution adopted unanimously at a meeting, the Council members condemned "in the strongest terms" the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MHI7 on July 17 in Donetsk Oblast Ukraine resulting in the tragic loss of all 298 passengers and crew on board.

The 15-member Council stressed the need for "a full, thorough and independent international investigation into the incident in accordance with international civil aviation guidelines."

Expressing grave concern at reports of insufficient and limited access to the crash site, the Council members demanded that all military activities, including by armed groups, be "immediately ceased in the immediate area surrounding the crash site" to allow for security and safety of the international investigation.

The resolution "demands that the armed groups in control of the crash site and the surrounding area refrain from any actions that may compromise the integrity of the crash site, including by refraining from destroying, moving, or disturbing wreckage, equipment, debris, personal belongings, or remains, and immediately provide safe, secure, full and unrestricted access to the site and surrounding area for the appropriate investigating authorities."

It also called on all states and actors in the region to " cooperate fully in relation to the international investigation of the incident, including with respect to immediate and unrestricted access to the crash site."