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Already four years into Agenda 2030, the 2019 review of State progress underscored that “urgent collective attention” was needed in order to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). One year later, and at the start of the “decade of action,” an even harsher assessment of the state of the SDGs has been brought about by the Covid--‐19 pandemic. In doing so, the inseparable links between the SDGs and human rights, as previously acknowledged by the UN Secretary General, as well as by States in the 2019 Political Declaration, has not only been highlighted, but has also reaffirmed that the SDGs cannot be realized without State adherence to their established obligations under international law.
