International legal foundations for the formation of a system of administrative and legal provision of food security

The subject of the study is the international legal foundations for the formation of the system of administrative legal and international legal regulations that provide food security. In particular, such international documents as the Rome Declaration "On World Food Security" adopted in 2009 and the Convention "On Food Assistance", which entered into force in 1999, are analyzed. In the article, the author notes the obvious advancement of legal policy on food security issues in the Rome Declaration. Significant flaws in the document are revealed. The provisions of the Declaration are general in nature and do not disclose administrative and financial mechanisms for ensuring food security. The 1999 Convention became a more elaborated and detailed document, it consolidated the creation of its own executive body, the Committee on Food Aid. The research methods were such general scientific methods as analysis, synthesis, and the comparative legal method was also used in the work. Currently, the issues of administrative and legal provision of food security in the international aspect have not been studied properly. The international situation is constantly changing, while the topic of providing high-quality food to the population remains relevant. According to the results of the study, it was revealed that the Rome Declaration did not disclose the principles of interaction between the executive authorities of the signatory countries, and did not prescribe the processes of attracting private capital to solve food crises of those in need. The 1999 Convention on Food Aid also has significant gaps: there is no clarity in the procedure for submitting applications from countries for assistance, it is not prescribed how to determine which country needs food aid, to what extent, control and auditing bodies have not been established. The Act does not provide for any joint activity of the executive bodies of the participating countries in solving the tasks set out in it. In the conclusion of the study, the author concludes that the 1999 Convention on Food Aid is invalid.