Decision 42 COM 8B.43

Kiev: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra (Ukraine)

The World Heritage Committee,

1. Having examined Documents WHC/18/42.COM/8B.Add and WHC/18/42.COM/INF.8B1.Add,
2. Refers the proposed minor modification to the buffer zone of Kiev: Saint-Sophia Cathedral and Related Monastic Buildings, Kiev-Pechersk Lavra, Ukraine, back to the State Party in order to allow it to:
   1. Consider creating a single buffer zone for the property surrounding all components,
   2. In the case of the Saint-Sophia Cathedral component, amend the proposed buffer zone in order to:
      1. ensure that the boundary is running behind the first row of buildings on the other side of the road,
      2. reduce or eliminate the large indented section of the buffer zone on the north-west side,
   3. In the case of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra component, amend the proposed buffer zone in order to extend it:
      1. north along the river edge to a point adjacent to the northern tip of the current buffer zone,
      2. on the western side one more block and including territory bounded by Moskovska Street, Tsydalena Street and back to Leiptsyzka Street,
   4. Implement the recommendations of the 2017 joint World Heritage Centre/ICOMOS Reactive Monitoring mission and Decision 41 COM 7B.53 relevant to the legal protection and management mechanisms of the buffer zone;
3. Recommends that the State Party notes possible impacts on the property, which might arise outside the buffer zones, consistent with paragraph 112 of the Operational Guidelines and ensures that legal protection and management mechanisms are available to regulate changes and development outside the buffer zone to ensure no adverse impact on the visual integrity of the property.