UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 27 (UPI) -- The United Nations is calling on government and rebel leaders in Burundi to adhere to the cease-fire agreement and move toward lasting stability.

While the rebel Party for the Liberation of the Hutu People, or Palipehutu-FNL, and the Burundi government have been making progress on stability by agreeing to dismantle roadblocks in the country, the U.N. Security Council called on leaders to completely implement the cease-fire to ensure long-term peace, the United Nations reported.

The Comprehensive Cease-fire Agreement was reached in June between the Palipehutu-FNL and the Burundi government. The U.N. mission in the region has been pressing leaders in the country to implement the agreement, disarm former fighters in the long-running civil war and help reintegrate them back into society.

"The members of the Security Council stress that the successful implementation of the Comprehensive Cease-fire Agreement constitutes a critical step that will help Burundi's partners accelerate their support for peace building and development in Burundi," Ambassador Jan Grauls, August president of the Security Council, said in a statement.