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Meetings at the United Nations Headquarters The annual meetings of the Special Committee on decolonization take place in June/July at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The Fourth Committee of the General Assembly holds its annual session in September-October. Both Committees discuss recent developments in the remaining Non-Self-Governing Territories, hear representatives and petitioners from the Territories, and make recommendations to the General Assembly. At the end of each year, the General Assembly adopts resolutions on issues related to the Non-Self-Governing Territories. Seminars The Special Committee organizes annual seminars in the month of May, which are held alternately in the Caribbean and the Pacific, the regions where the majority of the remaining Non-Self-Governing Territories are situated. Participants include representatives of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories and their administrations, non-governmental and regional organizations, and experts. United Nations Member States, the administering Powers and specialized agencies of the United Nations system also participate. These seminars allow for focused and frank discussions on decolonization and a lively exchange of views on a variety of issues of concern to the peoples of the Territories. So far, seminars have been held in Vanuatu (1990), Barbados (1990), Grenada (1992), Papua New Guinea (1993 and 1996), Trinidad and Tobago (1995), Antigua and Barbuda (1997), Fiji (1998), Saint Lucia (1999), Marshall Islands (2000) and Cuba (2001). Scholarships Some Member States of the United Nations offer scholarships for which qualified students from Non-Self-Governing Territories may apply. Over the years, more than 50 States have made such scholarships available to the inhabitants of the Territories in response to the General Assembly resolutions. In 2000, scholarship offers were made by Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Canada, Colombia, Mexico and Qatar, as well as by the Holy See, a Permanent Observer at the United Nations.