Its world heritage sites Kievbut also the historic center, as well as the wider city that includes many other historical monuments, sites and museums, also close to administrative and government buildings, in case of bombing are in danger reminds in a statement the International Council of Monuments and Sites ICOMOS.
“Any bombing or fighting in such a dense historic urban landscape will not only result in more deaths and suffering to the civilian population, but will likely cause great irreparable damage to these important cultural features,” Icomos said.
“As an international cultural heritage NGO and advisor to the World Heritage Convention, ICOMOS recalls that Kyiv has an important historic center – whose jewels are the Hagia Sophia Cathedral and its monastic buildings and of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra with the Church of the Savior in Berestovo – all inscribed on the heritage of mankind under the 1972 World Heritage Convention.
ICOMOS recalls the protection afforded to cultural heritage by international humanitarian law and in particular the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and its Protocols, as well as the formal commitments made by the United States community when they sign the 1972 World Heritage Convention “concludes the announcement.
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