Rumors That Walker Is Ending State's Citizen Commission On The UN

Every Wisconsin Governor has created and filled this non-partisan educational, budget-free board with volunteer members since 1959.

Call into Walker's press office for clarification...

[Saturday evening update, 48 hours+, no response.]

The Wisconsin Commission on the United Nations, one of many state advisory boards, has had an affiliation with the Institute of World Affairs at UW-M and principally organized events around the anniversary of the UN's founding after World War II.

It's volunteer board was drawn from religious, civic, educational, business and labor organizations, and had no state staffing and or funding.

The United Nations is a force for international peace, disease eradication, poverty elimination, clean water availability, human rights, improved schooling, and mutual respect and understanding across boundaries, among other non-partisan issues, that contribute to the quality of life in Wisconsin.

Wisconsin residents played key roles in the UN's founding and continue to carry out international educational efforts through annual Great Decisions programming, volunteer Model UN assemblies for high school students and world trade efforts in the state's large cities.

The most current UN commission chair was Milwaukee businessman Dr. Wolfgang Schmidt.

[Disclosure: my wife has been a Commission member.]