India one of the worst affected by Islamic militancy has been calling world community to put a joint and effective effort to combat the scourge and emphasised that “genuine and effective” global cooperation is essential for achieving zero tolerance towards terrorism. The scale of challenge facing all the countries is daunting. No state is immune to this threat as continuing terrorist attacks across the world, many of them with links beyond the borders of the affected state, continue to demonstrate, India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador Syed Akbaruddin had said at United Nations while addressing a meeting of the Advisory Board of the UN Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCCT). India always took the stand that no single country, however rich or powerful, would be able to defeat the menace of terrorism acting alone. Having been a victim of terrorism for the past several decades, India is not only cognisant of the nature of the menace but also of the critical need for a collective international effort to counter terrorism, he said. Though United Nations is providing a “useful avenue” for such international cooperation to fight terrorism, the world body “requires to do more” is what India has been telling from time to time. India attaches high importance to working towards strengthening of international cooperation in countering terrorism and emphasises that growth of the phenomenon of foreign terrorist fighters poses increasing threats and challenges and needs to be effectively countered. Alongwith that tackling financing of terrorism is crucial in the fight against terrorism. With foreign terrorist fighters originating from more than 100 countries, UNCCT’s work needs to take into account this “widespread malaise” and requires to be expanded to cover all affected regions. He reiterated that strengthening the legal capacities of member states to counter terrorism is “very important” in the fight to ensure the rule of law. India, a member of UNCCT’s Advisory Board, supports its work in contributing to the implementation of the Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy (GCTF) of the United Nations through the Counter Terrorism Implementation Task Force (CTITF).