Yes, I think like all heritage, world heritage is also a political decision

I think heritage is the term that is attributed to the historical and historic significance of an entity. Culture and traditions along with buildings enjoy significance based on the social and political structure. And politics as we see is largely a manipulation of sentiments of people who are the torchbearers of culture and history of a place. Thus, there are likely high chances that which ever angle of manipulation suits the politics locally or internationally, their process and decision of declaration of a particular entity as world heritage is accordingly influenced.

Since World Heritage declarations require the agreement of the state in which the site is located there is invariably a political dimension to World Heritage listings.

See "Understanding the Politics of Heritage" (2010) Editor: Rodney Harrison

Publisher: Manchester University Press

Also check out the UNESCO digital library for other relevant works.

and

New research reveals how Australia and other nations play politics with World Heritage sites (theconversation.com) 2020

also consider

the process of In Danger listings is being manipulated for political gain. National governments and other groups try to keep sites off the list, with strategies such as lobbying, or partial efforts to protect a site. Australian government actions to keep the Great Barrier Reef off the list are a prime example.

The selection process is vastly PC influenced. Nominants-to-be from Europe receive an upfront statement not to expect much, since Africa and the Pacific are to be pushed forward.

Divay Gupta hello Divay, You said: world heritage is also a political decision.

Do you think this is right desicion?

Reenu Singh

Hello Reenu. Thank you for information. I thought it was unfair to make political decisions. Politics and urban heritage are actually a whole :) I amimpressed "And politics as we see is largely a manipulation of sentiments of people who are the torchbearers of culture and history of a place."

Sherrie-Lee Evans Hello Sherrie, Thank you so much :)

I didn't know that all countries have problems

https://theconversation.com/new-research-reveals-how-australia-and-other-nations-play-politics-with-world-heritage-sites-142918

I read you said link. "The process of In Danger listings is being manipulated for political gain." I can study this topic.

I studied natural protected areas IUCN red list, in my thesis,

Thank you so much again :)

Dmitry Sukhin Are Africa and the Pacific better than other countries for world heritage areas?

Seray Peşin , an africa-pacific submission surely has higher chances to win the jury over. That doesn´t mean the monuments in question are better off, the reality on location and the PC are a totally different pair of shoes. Neither does it mean that a European proposal would be pointless per se: just this month Germany got two more entries permitted. Myself is active in another submission, regardless of how low the chances might be.

Yes most politics have permeated most aspects of Heritage sites. Infact most Heritage sites in Southern Africa are recognized and declared Heritage sites by a political decision. Infact the same political decision have led to the formulation of legislative frameworks that manage these heritage sites

Kenny Changwe what a pity ! I estimate your proses

Yes, like every thing else culture, it's protection or projections are also political..in case of World Heritage it is also largely governed by Global geo-politics. From selecting the site at National level to its endorsement at UNESCO, the process is political as it's a bit and multilateral setup..having said that wh is also an instrument of conservation and promotion of several otherwise unknown sites .