1.0Times South Africahttps://timessouthafrica.comTSAhttps://timessouthafrica.com/author/tsa/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="3YxU8oi9wK"><a href="https://timessouthafrica.com/open-society-announces-1-7-million-to-support-middle-east-and-north-africa-debt-swap-for-sustainable-development/">Open Society Announces $1.7 Million to Support Middle East and North Africa Debt Swap for Sustainable Development</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://timessouthafrica.com/open-society-announces-1-7-million-to-support-middle-east-and-north-africa-debt-swap-for-sustainable-development/embed/#?secret=3YxU8oi9wK" width="600" height="338" title="“Open Society Announces $1.7 Million to Support Middle East and North Africa Debt Swap for Sustainable Development” — Times South Africa" data-secret="3YxU8oi9wK" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> Amman, March 15, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Open Society Foundations today announced that they are giving $1.7 million to a United Nations initiative in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA) that seeks to catalyze increased public spending on achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals by negotiating reduced national debt service payments. Importantly, […]