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: "I would very much like Mr. Kabila... if he wants to be a democrat as he said in November 1966, to sit down at a (negotiating) table as often happens in Africa." The former minister said he hoped Kabila would take part in a "national conference to prepare a transition and that the fighting be stopped and that negotiations be staged to culminate of course in elections."

wants