Would inclusion on the World Heritage List give the United Nations any control over the management of the Monument?
No. All World Heritage sites remain completely under the sovereignty and control of the country that nominated them and the UN gains no authority of any kind over the sites. While inclusion on the World Heritage List would involve some occasional reporting on the state of conservation of the Monument, neither the World Heritage Committee nor any other UN entity would gain any authority to intervene in the Monument’s management. The Committee can only provide an advisory capacity, it cannot legally manage the site. Ultimately, should the Committee decide for any reason that it does not approve of conditions at the Monument, its only recourse would be to remove the site from the World Heritage List – an action that has only happened once in the history of the Convention.
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