The Ugandan delegation was led by the Minister for General Duties/Focal-point Minister for SDGs, Office of the Prime Minister in Uganda, Rt. Hon. Justine Kasule Lumumba with members from the SDG Secretariat. The meeting was held from November 7th – 9th, 2022 at the United Nations Conference Centre (UNCC) in Bangkok. The Rt Hon. Minister Justine Kasule Lumumba addressed SDG experts representing UN member States from Africa, Europe, Asia, North America and South America. In her remarks, the Minister asked members of IAEG-SDGs Working group to focus on Indicators which will help to end poverty in the world and those that focus on the incomes of indigenous people.

The Minister informed members that out of 232 global SDG indicators (revised) 201 wee applicable in Uganda and only 119 had data points leaving 82 indicators with no data points as of November 2022. She further highlighted that none of the SDG 11 (Sustainable Cities and Communities) and SDG 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production) indicators had data points yet the two are basic for promotion of data on sustainable industrialization and promoting indigenous technology development and growth of domestic innovation in undeserved countries and growing Cities. The Minister also requested UN Statistics Division team to admit Uganda to be a member of the Working Group of Inter-agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goals Indicators, apparently Uganda is only an observer member.