Vacuums demand filling. If the world has laid its negotiation needs upon the UN, walking out on that with no further plan is going to invite things that could be even worse.
“Good, let’s start the exit with the Philippines. The UN has far outlived a useful purpose, indeed, it never had one.”
It’s refreshing to hear coming this from a Filipino president, because when I lived over there, I was dismayed at how the people there hold the UN in such high regard. They have “National UN Day” at their schools and do other kinds of celebrations. This would be a big departure for a country like the Philippines, and perhaps the beginning of the demise of that useless organization.