You said that according to Lawson and Sloane Resolution 567 referred to self determination as a minority in a nation state The link I provided to the resolution shows that it says no such thing and Lawson and Sloane do not make that claim Perhaps you were confusing the resolution with something else And I did not say a territory can not exist in a nation state or a federal republic Clearly it can as an incorporated territory Both Canada and Australia have incorporated territories for example Although they are not technically republics Obviously if a country has territories it will exercise some degree of jurisdiction over them and may allow them some degree of self government but that does not incorporate them