## Pathfinder Foundation Launches Repository for Sri Lanka’s Peace Initiatives 🕊️

The Pathfinder Foundation has officially inaugurated a dedicated repository aimed at preserving the historical documentation of Sri Lanka’s various peace processes and negotiations. • Strategic Goal: To address the absence of a consolidated, central archive by gathering materials from both local and international sources, including records from the Secretariat for Coordinating the Peace Process (SCOPP) and Norwegian facilitators. • Key Leadership: The initiative was launched by former Norwegian Special Envoy Erik Solheim, alongside Pathfinder Founder Milinda Moragoda and Chairman Bernard Goonetilleke, both of whom served as principal negotiators. • Economic & Social Context: By preserving data on negotiations that failed to reach settlements, the repository provides a vital resource for research & development and policy analysis, contributing to long-term national stability and institutional memory. • Scope: The project will focus on the 2002–2008 period and earlier attempts to resolve the separatist conflict, ensuring that substantial documentation—previously scattered—is made accessible for academic and diplomatic study.