Read the excerpt from a declaration passed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1960.3. Inadequacy of political, economic, social or educational preparedness should never serve as a pretext for delaying independence.

The declaration says that a lack of political, economic, social, or educational preparedness should never be used as a reason to delay independence. This means those challenges are not acceptable grounds for postponement, so very few circumstances should delay a colony gaining independence. Choices A, B, and D each treat one of those challenges as a reason to delay independence.

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