Exhibit EX-99.906CERT

     Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
        (Subsections (a) and (b) of Section 1350, Chapter 63 of Title 18,
                               United States Code)

In connection with the attached report of Strategic Global Income Fund, Inc.
(the "Registrant") on Form N-CSR (the "Report"), each of the undersigned
officers of the Registrant does hereby certify that, to the best of such
officer's knowledge:

      1)    the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or
            15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
            amended;

      2)    the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
            material respects, the financial condition and results of operations
            of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in the
            Report.

Dated: August 7, 2003


By:/s/ Joseph A. Varnas
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   Joseph A. Varnas
   President

Dated: August 7, 2003


By:/s/ Paul H. Schubert
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   Paul H. Schubert
   Treasurer

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other
document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signature that
appears in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement
required by Section 906, has been provided to Strategic Global Income Fund, Inc.
and will be retained by Strategic Global Income Fund, Inc. and furnished to the
Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

This certification is being furnished solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350 and
is not being filed as part of the Report or as a separate disclosure document.