Legal adviser in India's Permanent Mission to the United Nations (UN) Yedla Umasankar on October 9 has condemned any direct or indirect financial assistance to terror groups by nations, including in defending criminal cases against them, reports News 18. The flow of resources meant to produce terror are required to be stopped by States for which collective inter-State efforts are required at regional and sub-regional levels. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has a significant role in setting global standards for preventing and combating terrorist financing and the UN needs to increase cooperation with such bodies, Umasankar said. He reiterated India's firm belief that the Comprehensive Convention against International Terrorism (CCIT) will provide a strong legal basis for the fight against terrorism and will be in the interest of all Member States to have a multilateral and collective dimension of counter-terrorism effort.