This Resolution of the Council of Ministers approves the National Policy to Combat Desertification (PANCD - U.N. Convention to Combat Desertification) and establishes procedures for its enforcement. The aim of this Resolution is to regulate, promote, enforce and manage actions to combat desertification in order to minimise drought effects within semi-arid and sub-humid areas, in particular those areas where soil erosion (environmental and natural resources destruction) is a well known problem.