that in two successive diplomatic conferences, certain States blocked its adoption by consensus. First time around, in July 2012, it was the United States (followed by Russia) that asked for more time. In the ‘final’ diplomatic conference in late March 2013, three States — Iran, DPR Korea, and Syria — blocked the adoption of the text that had been skillfully negotiated by the new Conference President, Ambassador Peter Woolacott of Australia. These same three States went on to vote against the General Assembly resolution that adopted the treaty.

So what does the treaty provide? First, its scope is broad, covering most (though not quite all) conventional arms, ammunition and munitions, and parts and components of arms. Thus, the treaty covers tanks, armored combat vehicles, large-caliber artillery systems, combat aircraft,there was not a max contract offer. Monroe is also fielding visits from other teams, including presumed front-runner New York.

Monroe, 25, is a little undersized to be a full-time center and is not a shot-blocker, averaging 0.5 a game last season, though he is a reliable scorer and solid rebounder.

The Lakers are considered long shots to sign Jordan, possibly the best rebounder-shot blocker in the NBA. He met with Dallas on Tuesday night and considered his choice between the Mavericks and Clippers to be a toss of the coin, according to a person familiar with his thinking.


The Lakers also had an eye on Kevin Love, but the free-agent forward said he would return to Cleveland in a first-person piece for The Players’ Tribune.

He wrote that he wanted to