This is the News in Brief, with the following top stories on Tuesday, 29 March 2022:

- Ukraine war could create widespread food insecurity, warns FAO
- UN’s atomic watchdog chief in Ukraine to support nuclear power plants
- Dire impact from floods in South Sudan as new wet season looms

Audio: Daniel Johnson, UN News - Geneva
Photo: Canoes have become the only means of transport for residents of Old Fangak, South Sudan. © UNHCR/Samuel Otieno

News in Brief - 29 March 2022 - Ukraine war, food insecurity, and South Sudan flooding

The Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda is leading the charge for more climate action paving the way for “resilient prosperity” as host of this month’s International Conference on Small Island Developing States, SIDS4.
In an exclusive interview with UN News’s Shanaé Harte, Gaston Browne said the very survival of small island nations is increasingly at stake due to rising waters, extreme weather, crushing debt and lack of basic resources.

Audio credit: Shanaé Harte
Photo credit: UN Photo

Survival at stake for small island States in development race, climate change fight

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Survival at stake for small island States in development race, climate change fight

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