Multilateralism and UNESCO World Heritage: decision-making, States Parties and political processes

Meskell, Lynn; Liuzza, Claudia; Bertacchini, Enrico; Saccone, Donatella

doi:10.1080/13527258.2014.945614

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“…China has become very active in using UNESCO mechanisms to pursue its interests: it has the greatest number of delegates (Meskell, Liuzza, and Brown ), has become one of the most vocal countries, puts pressure on other committee members, and engages in corridor lobbying. In addition, it spends a large amount of financial resources on nominations, resulting in the highest success rate of inscription on the World Heritage List (94 percent) (Meskell et al ). China’s dedication is paying off.…”

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When East Meets West: International Change and Its Effects on Domestic Cultural Institutions

Maags

Trifu

2019

Politics & Policy

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Using historical institutionalism, this comparative case study sheds light on the effects of the Convention on cultural governance systems in two supposedly different "camps" within the UNESCO: the East and the West. The study argues that it is the interaction and entangled relationship of exogenous and endogenous factors over time, particularly the timing and sequence in which they constrain and facilitate change, which shape actors' preferences and institutional development at both levels.

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Section: Retracing Institutional Change: When the East Meets The Westmentioning

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When East Meets West: International Change and Its Effects on Domestic Cultural Institutions

Maags

Trifu

2019

Politics & Policy

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“…To do this, we selected State of Conservation (SOC) reports to provide an overview of practice across time, categories, and geographical regions. SOC reports have largely been discussed in the literature as proof of the politicised conformation of the WH List [20,27] and have been criticised for lacking reliable measures to ensure the effective conservation of WH properties over time [28]. These reports have also proven to be a key source for providing valuable information on trends of conservation practices and on factors affecting the conservation of properties [29].…”

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Monitoring Climate Change in World Heritage Properties: Evaluating Landscape-Based Approach in the State of Conservation System

Guzman

Fatorić

Ishizawa

2020

Climate

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Climate change is increasingly being recognized as a threat to natural and cultural World Heritage (WH) sites worldwide. Through its interaction with other stressors, climate change accelerates existing risks while also creating new obstacles. A more considerable focus is needed in both research and practice to explore proactive measures for combatting this issue (e.g., mitigation and actions prior to impacts occurring). World Heritage values in climate change decision-making processes is an important factor in this regard. This paper explores a discussion of climate change within the WH monitoring system. It offers an overview of practice based on the extent to which WH properties (natural, mixed and cultural) implement landscape-based approaches alongside the conservation and management of their outstanding universal value within the context of climate uncertainty and environmental change. Landscape approaches are gaining importance in the WH conservation system, where they aim to provide concepts and tools for managing heritage toward sustainable practices. This research analyses the state of conservation reports and provides an overview of practice across time, categories and geographical regions. Based on a theoretical approach, empirical analyses identify four landscape principles that are increasingly shaping the debate around climate change issues in WH properties. Although these are highly relevant to advancing much-needed collaboration among scientific disciplines and governance sectors, we argue that further understanding is required on the transformational process of heritage values, as well as on the nature-culture relationship, in order to underpin heritage as a source for local resilience and climate mitigation.

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“…Vocal support of Panama was offered in 2013 by Qatar and South Africa, which have no obvious regional or religious connections, but have economic ties and soon afterwards trade agreements with those nations were announced in Panama (see Meskell 2014). It is now difficult to argue that technical aspects like conservation or management are still paramount in much decision-making given that member countries' special interests and their lobby groups have major influence: such arrangements and interventions can now be tracked and quantified (see analysis in Meskell et al 2015).…”

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Gridlock: UNESCO, global conflict and failed ambitions

Meskell

2015

World Archaeology

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Deliberations over World Heritage designation increasingly provide a platform for new political alliances, international tensions and challenges to global cooperation. How has this situation arisen in UNESCO, an organization dedicated to fostering peace, tolerance and international co-operation? Since we now face an ever more interconnected world and our problems are more global they require solutions that traverse nation-states and require them to work effectively together. Yet any decision to act or protect, especially during conflict, inevitably leads to multi-polarity, fragmentation and impasse. Drawing on Hale and Held's theory of gridlock that underscores the failures of multilateralism across the UN generally, I suggest that World Heritage provides a salient example. Since UNESCO relies on the consent and participation of sovereign nations, their decisions often mirror the very lowest level of ambition to prevail. Case studies are drawn from recent conflict over World Heritage sites in Mali, Syria and Crimea.

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Multilateralism and UNESCO World Heritage: decision-making, States Parties and political processes

Cited by 132 publications

References 28 publications

When East Meets West: International Change and Its Effects on Domestic Cultural Institutions

When East Meets West: International Change and Its Effects on Domestic Cultural Institutions

Monitoring Climate Change in World Heritage Properties: Evaluating Landscape-Based Approach in the State of Conservation System

Gridlock: UNESCO, global conflict and failed ambitions

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