Issue - meetings

By Councillor Staniforth - The City's Relationship with Krakow

“Committee:

Notes that as of August 2019 the Policy and Sustainability Committee renewed the city’s relationship with Krakow.

Notes that the Lesser Poland Voivodeship, of which Krakow is part, has declared itself an ‘LGBT?free zone’.

Notes that the concept of an ‘LGBT?free zone’ is antithetical to Edinburgh’s values of tolerance, freedom and compassion. Further notes that as a capital city Edinburgh has a role to play in extolling those virtues on the world stage.

Notes that in May 2019 the Mayor of Krakow created the Equal Treatment Council which included representatives of the LGBTQ+ community making it one of only two cities in Poland with such a body.

Therefore resolves that Edinburgh City will immediately contact Krakow to determine the City’s position regarding the wider ‘LGBT?free zone’ and that a short report should come to the next Policy and Sustainability Committee detailing options for further action to support the LGBTQ+ community there.”