<P> However , after a series of diplomatic consultations headed by Bangladesh between South Asian U.N. representatives at the UN headquarters in New York , from September 1979 to 1980 , it was agreed that Bangladesh would prepare the draft of a working paper for discussion among the foreign secretaries of South Asian countries . The foreign secretaries of the inner seven countries again delegated a Committee of the Whole in Colombo on September 1981 , which identified five broad areas for regional cooperation . New areas of co-operation were added in the following years . </P>
<P> However , after a series of diplomatic consultations headed by Bangladesh between South Asian U.N. representatives at the UN headquarters in New York , from September 1979 to 1980 , it was agreed that Bangladesh would prepare the draft of a working paper for discussion among the foreign secretaries of South Asian countries . The foreign secretaries of the inner seven countries again delegated a Committee of the Whole in Colombo on September 1981 , which identified five broad areas for regional cooperation . New areas of co-operation were added in the following years . </P>
which country had taken lead in establishing saarc
which country had taken lead in establishing saarc
Bangladesh
Bangladesh