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OSCE activities in Western Europe and North America include preventative diplomacy, partnering with organizations, institutions and NGOs for security and co-operation, election monitoring, media affairs and gender issues.

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Combatting anti-Semitism focus of meeting hosted by OSCE, Austria in Vienna

VIENNA, 6 November 2008 - Holocaust remembrance and combating anti-Semitism in the OSCE region will be the focus of a meeting in Vienna on 10 November...
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US elections showed all fundamentals of a democratic vote, but electoral reform efforts should continue

Ambassador Audrey Glover (centre), the Head of the OSCE/ODIHR Limited Election Observation Mission to the U.S. presidential election speaks to journalists in Washington, D.C., 5 November 2008. On the left is ODIHR Spokesperson Jens-Hagen Eschenbaecher. (Photo Courtesy Yuri Gripas)

WASHINGTON, 5 November 2008 - Yesterday's elections in the United States demonstrated the essential principles of a pluralistic democracy characterized by transparency and the respect for fundamental freedoms and the rule of law, but efforts....
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OSCE Vienna meeting to discuss democratic lawmaking

VIENNA, 4 November 2008 - The process of lawmaking in democratic societies will be the focus of an OSCE meeting in Vienna on Thursday. Organized by the ODIHR and the Finnish OSCE Chairmanship...
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A meeting on preventing and combating terrorism brought together dozens of regional international organizations of the OSCE area in Vienna. (Ayhan Evrensel/OSCE)

A meeting on preventing and combating terrorism brought together dozens of regional international organizations of the OSCE area in Vienna. (Ayhan Evrensel/OSCE)