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: But human rights issues would also have to be dealt with eventually if the North were to integrate with the world, and silence did not encourage better behavour by Pyongyang. "People have treated North Korea with kid gloves and the result has been a missile test and a nuclear test," Noland, a senior fellow of the Institute for International Economics in Washington, told a press conference.

silence