上述条约笼罩在我们日常政治、幻想和媒体周期的阴影之下。 外交官年复一年地参与会议落实这些条约，但却摆脱不了忽视、延误和争论合法性的结果。
Those treaties lived in the shadow of our daily politics, imaginations, and media cycles.  Diplomats trudged off to conferences year after year to implement them, but the main results were neglect, delay, and bickering over legalities.