The move would increase the number of UN troops in the country by 3,000.
At present, there are about 17,000 soldiers and police in DR Congo - the biggest UN force of its kind.
Clashes between government and rebel forces in the east have driven hundreds of thousands of people from their homes and created a humanitarian crisis.
The BBC's Laura Trevelyan at the UN says it is not clear which countries would contribute the extra troops, or when they could be deployed.
The Security Council is expected to vote on the proposal later this week.
In the latest violence, the rebels are reported to have taken the town of Rwindi, about 125km (75 miles) north of Goma, at the weekend.
The fighting comes as UN envoy Olusegun Obasanjo continues efforts to broker an end to the conflict.
In talks with Mr Obasanjo on Sunday, Gen Nkunda said he would support a peace process with the government.
He also agreed to ceasefire monitors being deployed, as long as they did not include UN peacekeepers, whom he accuses of bias.
The government of DR Congo's President Joseph Kabila has to date rejected rebel calls for direct negotiation.
An estimated 250,000 people have been made homeless by weeks of fighting between rebels and government troops.
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