Preparations for the talks have been beset by problems including a dispute over who should represent the opposition.
The UN did not say on Tuesday who had been invited or how many groups might participate.
De Mistura said in a news conference on Monday that the talks will take begin in Geneva on January 29 and are expected to last for six months.
He said the talks will push for a nationwide ceasefire for all parties other than the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and al-Nusra Front armed groups.
After the invites were sent out, conflicting reports emerged of which groups and individuals had finally been invited.
One contentious issue has been whether or not the powerful Kurdish faction that controls wide areas of northern Syria would be invited.
Russia, an ally of Syria's president, has sought to expand the opposition delegation to include the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD), as well as other individuals it believes represents Syrian society.
The Syrian opposition platform created in Saudi Arabia last month, who were meeting in Riyadh on Tuesday to decide whether to send their delegation to the talks, say the PYD should be part of the government delegation.........http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/01/syria-talks-160126154340219.html
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