Mauricio Sulaiman at the United Nations

President of the World Boxing Council, Mauricio Sulaiman Saldivar, has attended the United Nations headquarters in New York, where he urged the world sports industry to contribute decisively to achieving the Global Sustainable Development Goals, particularly those related to with education, decent work and reduction of inequality.

These are themes addressed during the LATINO IMPACT SUMMIT event that takes place under the umbrella of UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) and the PVBLIC Foundation.
A little more than thirty years after his Father, Mr. José Sulaiman Chagnon, attended the General Assembly of the United Nations, in that very same room, Mauricio Sulaiman, highlighted these issues during the panel of experts concerning the theme “Sports as an equity tool.”

He stressed how the World Boxing Council has helped develop women’s boxing, which is flourishing after much effort. And that today it is a thriving reality with women as protagonists of main events that are broadcast to the whole world by the main US television networks.
Mauricio also referred to the support that the WBC has been giving to t”adaptive boxing” that is practiced increasingly and enthusiastically, by hundreds of people who have suffered disabling injuries or ‘loss of both legs.
He pointed out that all sports and especially boxing participate with society contributing to the fight against bullying, family disintegration, addictions and crime, since each athlete in a field or gym is a person looking to be someone in life.
Mauricio highlighted, as part of this work, the participation of the Scholas Foundation of Pope Francis, and led in Mexico by Mr. Hector Sulaiman Saldivar, in order to promote the inclusion and training of young people through sports…one of the pillars of this foundation, along with education and art).
Concluding his speech, Mauricio Sulaiman recalled “My Father received from the then Secretary General of the UN, Javier Perez De Cuellar, a recognition for his tireless fight against Apartheid. It is such an honor being here, in the same place.”