Agenda

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Minute of Culture and Communities Committee of 16 May 2024 – submitted for approval as a correct record

Work Programme

Business Bulletin

Motion by Councillor Mumford – Flying the Palestinian Flag:

1.    “Committee recognises that the flying of flags from the City Chambers can be an important way to express solidarity with oppressed peoples, and communicate the values of the council, for example through flying the progress pride and Ukrainian flags;

2.    Therefore following support of Edinburgh Council for a permanent, bilateral ceasefire in Palestine, and the recognition of the State of Palestine, Committee agrees that the Palestine flag should be flown from the City Chambers, starting immediately;

3.    In acknowledgment of the potential conflicting requirements related to flag-flying, Committee agrees that the Palestine flag should be flown, as a minimum, from Fridays to Mondays inclusive, and that this practice should continue until there is an internationally recognised bilateral ceasefire.”

The Sub-Committee, is requested under Section 50(A)(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, to exclude the public from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they would involve the disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 14 of Part 1 of Schedule 7A of the Act.

Internal Audit Update Report June 2024 – referral from the Governance, Risk and Best Value Committee