and it is vital that they come to the table and are serious about negotiations. people in the pacific territory of new caledonia have been voting in a third and final referendum on independence from france. voters in 2018 and again last year rejected breaking with france. early turnout was sharply down on the two previous polls, with pro independence campaigners boycotting the vote. our correspondent, phil mercer, says the referendums are the result of the numea accords. yes, this is all part of the numea accord signed in 1998 which followed a decade of violence in new caledonia and what the accord set out was a path to potential independence. it was a 3 step path involving three votes, three referendums as you say,