VIENNA, March 19 - The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), a 57-nation east-west body comprising former Cold War foes, agreed on a budget on Thursday for the first time in five years, with heavy cuts demanded by the United States.

In recent years the Vienna-based security and rights organization, which includes Canada, Russia and much of Europe and Central Asia, has often been deadlocked over a new budget and other important decisions, as Moscow accused it of having been taken over by the West.