5 . At its forty-fourth session , by its resolution 44/185 D of 19 December 1989 , the General Assembly , taking note of the recommendations of the International Civil Service Commission ( ICSC ) 1 and the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board,2 approved an amendment to regulation 9.5 of the Staff Regulations of the United Nations , with effect from 1 January 1990 , to provide that the mandatory age of separation for staff members appointed on or after 1 January 1990 should be 62 , on the understanding that age 60 would continue to apply as the mandatory age of separation for those staff members currently in active service .