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: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan last week appointed Diego Cordovez, an Ecuadoran diplomat who helped negotiate the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, as his special adviser on Cyprus. The island has been divided since 1974 when Turkish mainland troops invaded and occupied the northern third of Cyprus in response to a coup in Nicosia aimed at uniting the country with Greece.

occupied