The United Nations has made plans to assemble a peacekeeping force for Syria if a ceasefire proposed by a special envoy takes hold, a top UN official said Monday, Voice of Russia reported.
UN peacekeeping chief Herve Ladsous stressed however that planning was very tentative while fighting rages in Syria and would be dependent on the UN Security Council overcoming its bitter divisions on the 19-month-old conflict.
"We are getting ourselves ready to act if it is necessary and a mandate is approved," Ladsous told reporters when asked about reports of the force being prepared.