Definition: In this task, a passage will be given and the goal is to identify an event from the passage. An event is defined as a single word representing something that happened, is happening, or may happen. An event can be factual or hypothetical, positive or negative, certain or uncertain. While most events are based on verbs, an event can also be based on a noun (ex. storm, snow, rainfall) or a copula verb (is, was, been, etc.). The event must not be a pronoun or an adjective. For noun events with multiple words, use the last word in the phrase as event.
Input: Passage: At the concluding session of 13th SAARC summit, Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia said that India has offered to host the next summit and the 7-member states of SAARC have welcomed it. Zia also said that the 13th summit has decided to set up a SAARC Surveillance and Rapid Response System to deal with health concerns such as bird flu, that has affected several countries in East Asia.

affected