you said that according to lawson and sloane resolution 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 cannot 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