If Philippines Leaves United Nations: A Loss Or A Win?

Here are some of the possible things that the Philippines might lose and win if it decides to totally separate from the United Nations.

Amid the push and pull on the separation of the Philippines from the United Nations Organization (UN), probably the biggest question mark is on the fate of the country shall it pursue what President Rodrigo Duterte pronounced on early Sunday morning.

President Duterte threatened to pull the Philippines’ membership from the world body over the UN’s criticisms on the extra judicial killings that marred the Duterte administration’s intensified war against illegal drugs.

But first, let us know what aids the country receives from the UN that it might lose shall it decide to pull out membership.

The United Nations – also the UN is an international organization formed in 1945 to promote international peace, security and cooperation among member nations. The United Nations comprises of independent countries from all over the word.

The United Nations or UN has its headquarters in New York City.

The major objectives of the United Nations are as follow:

 The UN promotes peace in troubled regions all over the world.
The UN promotes human rights all over the globe.
The UN promotes economical development
The UN aims to eradicate extreme poverty in nations all over the world.
The UN has agencies that fight against major diseases such as HIV/AIDS and malaria.

Now that the chief executive officer himself has warned of separation from the UN, we cannot directly tell what is next for the Philippines. Aside from the Philippines, there are other countries which tried to burn bridges but later decided not to pull out from the international organization, let us take a look at how they did it.

Although withdrawal from the United Nations by member states is not provided for in the United Nations Charter but for sure it can be felt.

According to the Government Information Office of the Republic of China (Taiwan), the U.N. Charter deliberately made no provision for the withdrawal of member governments, largely to prevent the threat of withdrawal from being used as a form of political blackmail, or to evade obligations under the Charter. Japan’s withdrawal from the League of Nations in March, 1933 (to signal its repudiation of the League’s condemnation of Japan’s invasion of China) was very much on the minds of the Charter’s drafters. (The other two major Axis powers, Germany and Italy, also withdrew from the League.)

Some have questioned, therefore, whether it is even permissible for Members to withdraw from the U.N. The only other example of an effort to withdraw — by Indonesia in 1965 — actually tends to show that withdrawal, at least in the short term, has no force or effect.

The ROC holds this opinion against the fact of its removal from the UN to make way for the People’s Republic of China. See China and the United Nations.

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