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: A Burmese official accused the US government of using economic sanctions, announced by Secretary of State Madeleine Albright in Washington on Tuesday, to boost its political stock at home. "The sanctions imposed by the US on Myanmar (Burma) is for the domestic political consumption," the military official said in a short and terse statement received here in response to questions from AFP.

is