Bamboo, the backbone of Rohingya refugee shelters, wears out after a year or so in Bangladesh’s extreme weather. But thanks to an innovative treatment, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) was able to double and even triple the lifespan of the material, saving forests and lives.
UNHCR opened two sites inside the Kutupalong refugee settlement, in December 2018 and January 2019, to treat bamboo. Using a technique established by local NGO BRAC, refugee workers at the sites hollow out the bamboo stalks, make cuts in the exterior in order to increase absorption, and then soak them for 12-15 days in tanks filled with a solution made from boric acid and borax – with 90 percent water for 10 percent of chemicals. The result is bamboo that can last twice as long – or more – than an average bamboo. The goal of UNHCR’s project is to create more durable and safer shelters, and to preserve Bangladesh’s forests~UNHCR
The use of generative AI tools to create identity documents, payslips, bank statements, and tax returns in order to qualify for rental properties or mortgage loans that the applicant would not otherwise be able to is known as AI-powered mortgage and rental fraud.
A North Korean video warns soldiers that they could be punished – and they should be executed -for watching foreign media, a recording obtained exclusively by Radio Free Asia reveals.
Ai Kihara-Hunt, Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, briefs reporters at UN Headquarters in New York.
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In a scene from a North Korean TV show, a man wears a floral apron and serves a meal to his family. Analysts told Radio Free Asia that this striking reversal in gender roles could be a propaganda effort to get the people to accept North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s daughter Ju Ae as his successor.
Gemma Connell, Director of the Crisis Response Division of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), briefs the United Nations Security Council meeting on maintenance of peace and security of Ukraine.
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