Chief Justice Alfred Sundstrom Chairman Of The U.N. Palestine Committee -- Chief Justice Alfred Emil Sandstrom of Sweden. Chairman of the United Nations 11 members fact finding committee on Palestine. The Special committee was set up on 15th May 1947 by the first Special Session of the United Nations General Assembly and directed to investigate the Palestine situation and to report to the next regular session of the Assembly which will convene in September, at Lake Success, New York. June 17, 1947. (Photo by Official U.N. Photo).