UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon "continues to believe that any delay in the final status process would not be good for the region," said UN spokeswoman Maria Okabe.
The Contact Group troika - Russia, the United States and the European Union - submitted to the UN Security Council a report on December 10 saying that the parties had failed to reach an agreement after "120 days of intensive negotiations."
At the latest talks in Austria in late November, Pristina continued to insist on full independence, while Belgrade was only willing to offer the province wide autonomy.
Russia called the talks encouraging, while the West maintained that a dead-end had been reached in negotiations.
The UN Security Council is now planning to hold consultations on the issue of the Albanian-dominated province on 19 December. The Secretary-General intends to attend the meeting in order to hear the Council's deliberations.
The UN deadline for an agreement on the future status of Kosovo ran out on Monday.
Kosovo had earlier said it would unilaterally declare independence if no agreement was reached by the UN's December 10 deadline. The U.S. and many European nations back the province's desire for independence, and a Kosovo spokesman said on Monday that an announcement would be made in the near future.
"The people of Kosovo urgently need clarity about their future," said a joint statement by Kosovo's government and opposition leaders after the UN deadline had run out.
However, Russia still believes that negotiations are possible, calling the UN deadline "artificial."
"Artificial deadlines imposed by outsiders will not work, and we believe that in the case of Kosovo these deadlines are not binding," Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said.
Russia, Serbia's traditional ally, has said that independence for Kosovo could lead to a domino effect, causing other separatist regions to unilaterally announce full nationhood.
"Kosovo's unilateral declaration of independence and its illegitimate recognition will certainly have consequences, as a chain reaction will hit the Balkans and other regions," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on December 10.
The Kosovo crisis comes at a low point in the West's relations with Russia, with NATO foreign ministers speaking openly last Friday of difficulties with Moscow.
"This partnership has entered a challenging phase," ministers said in a communique after a meeting in Brussels, also saying that, "We value and want to continue our constructive and frank dialogue with Russia, including on issues on which we disagree."
Russia, however, has laid the blame for the international community's to come up with a solution to the thorny issue of Kosovo's status on the U.S.
"Unfortunately, the fixed position of certain Western capitals, above all Washington...on independence for Kosovo and the lack of an alternative to independence, is the main obstacle on the path to a continuation of a negotiated settlement," Sergei Lavrov said.
