U.S., Russian and U.N. envoys will meet in Geneva today aiming to pin down a date for an international conference on the Syria conflict, according to a report by AFP.

Diplomats say U.N. leader Ban Ki-moon hopes he would be able to announce a date after today's meeting.

U.N.-Arab League mediator Lakhdar Brahimi and U.N. political chief Jeffrey Feltman will meet with Russian deputy foreign ministers Mikhail Bogdanov and Gennady Gatilov and U.S. Under Secretary for Political Affairs Wendy Sherman in Geneva today.

"The point of the meeting on Monday is to take stock of where we stand. We'll see at that point what we can say about arrangements," U.N. deputy spokesman Farhan Haq told reporters.

The United Nations, Russia and United States have been struggling for months to get a conference organized as the war worsens. Now 32 months old, the conflict has left well over 100,000 dead, according to the U.N.

Ban, Brahimi and other international officials "have been working very hard with a variety of interlocutors, trying to lock down a conference and we will see what progress we can make," Haq added.

Russia and the United States have been pressing since May for the followup to a Geneva meeting in June, 2012 when the international powers agreed a declaration stating that there must be a transitional government in Syria.

The opposition and government have agreed to attend, but questions remain about who will represent them. Whether Iran and other key players such as Saudi Arabia take part will also be discussed today, officials said.

U.N. leader Ban is aiming for a conference in mid-December. But some diplomats say the talks may not be possible this year.