The UN Security Council on Wednesday urged the Lord Resistance Army (LRA) rebels in Uganda to sign a peace agreement which seeks to end its decades-long conflict with the Ugandan government. Uganda's UN Ambassador Ruhakana Rugunda, the Council president for July, told reporters after a Council meeting that the 15- member body 'highly commended the good work' done by former Mozambican president Joaquim Chissano as the secretary-general's special envoy for the LRA-affected areas. The Council called on the LRA to 'seize the opportunities to sign the Final Peace Agreement,' and 'appreciated the readiness of president Chissano to be available when time comes for signing the Final Peace Agreement,' Rugunda added. The Final Peace Agreement was negotiated between the Ugandan government and the LRA, but the LRA's leader Joseph Kony has repeatedly failed to sign the deal, citing indictments and arrest warrants by the International Criminal Court (ICC) as obstacles. 