GA HR1699

Recognizes March 25, 2026, as the United Nations International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Transatlantic Slave Trade in Georgia

Commemorates the occasion alongside the approaching 250th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, connecting founding ideals with the history of slavery

Acknowledges the UN General Assembly's Second International Decade for People of African Descent (January 1, 2025 – December 31, 2034) and its focus on justice, recognition, and development

Highlights Georgia-specific history including Bishop Henry McNeal Turner, the Original 33 Reconstruction legislators, Big Bethel AME Church (founded 1847), and the Freedmen's Bureau's role in the state

Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to distribute copies of the resolution to the public and press