Thus, in the Phosphate Lands case, the International Court held it to be sufficient that Nauru had referred to its claims in bilateral negotiations with Australia in the period preceding the formal institution of legal proceedings in 1989.
因此，在《磷酸盐案》中，国际法院认为，瑙鲁在1989年正式提起法律程序之前，已在与澳大利亚的双边谈判中提到其主张便满足要求。