In the remaining months that Malta will lead the Commonwealth, Malta will continue working to convince more leaders to commit more resources to the elimination of Polio, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said during Global Citizen Live! in New York.

The event brought together political leaders, activists and international artists ina  common message against poverty and social exclusion.

Prime Minister Muscat said that, when two years ago he was preparing to take responsibility for the leadership of the Commonwealth, he associated Polio with illnesses of the past, and could not understand how in today's "technological world we have not yet managed to eradicate it."

He explained that that he received many electronic messages about the need to fight against Polio.

He said that with international commitment, "we could arrive at the possibility of eliminating this illness."

He was pleased that Commonwealth countries like Australia, Canada, Nigeria, the UK and Malta committed resources to address the 1% of cases which remain.