U2 front man Bono has urged the countries of the European Union to fulfil their pledge to commit 0.7 per cent of their national incomes to overseas aid.
He also said a Live Aid type concert would not raise enough to tackle the growing AIDS crisis in Africa.
"At this point there are no plans for a Live Aid 2," Bono told reporters as he entered a meeting of EU development ministers in Dublin. "It's always there in the background but right now, no. Right now we're after billions (of dollars) not millions. A Live Aid 2 would help, but it wouldn't fix the problem."
Bono who has been a long-time campaigner on development issues, said a Live Aid concert would not be needed if governments in the developed world kept their promises on aid.
"We saw those pictures [of the starving in Ethiopia] 20 years ago. I don't want to see those pictures again," he said. "There are plans being discussed on these tables [at the EU] which, if implemented, mean we wouldn't have to see those pictures again."
Bono said the Scandinavians were alone in the EU in fulfilling their pledge to give 0.7 per cent of their national income to overseas aid.
"There are some laggards hanging out here, and I'm going to be putting my hand in their wallets," he said as he headed in to Dublin Castle to meet the ministers. "For me it's not really about charity at this point, it's about justice."
Bono said some EU countries had reneged on their promises because, as their economies expanded, they had realised that 0.7 per cent of their national income was more, in absolute terms, than they had anticipated. "This is renegotiating your deal with God downwards," said Bono.