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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-12-371319
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	N-PX
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20120630
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120828
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120828
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20120828

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BLACKROCK DEBT STRATEGIES FUND, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001051003
		IRS NUMBER:				223564108
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		N-PX
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-08603
		FILM NUMBER:		121059220

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 BELLEVUE PARKWAY
		CITY:			WILMINGTON
		STATE:			DE
		ZIP:			19809
		BUSINESS PHONE:		800-441-7762

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		100 BELLEVUE PARKWAY
		CITY:			WILMINGTON
		STATE:			DE
		ZIP:			19809

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BLACKROCK DEBT STRATEGIES FUND
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20070611

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DEBT STRATEGIES FUND
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20030428

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DEBT STRATEGIES FUND II INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19971208
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<P STYLE="line-height:3px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>UNITED STATES </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>FORM N-PX </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="4"><B>ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="4"><B>MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Investment Company Act file number 811-08603 </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Name of Fund: BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. (DSU) </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Fund Address: 100 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, DE 19809 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Name and address of agent for service:
John Perlowski, Chief Executive Officer, BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc., 55 East </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-bottom:0px;"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">52</FONT><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">nd </SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Street, New York City, NY 10055. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code: (800) 882-0052, Option 4 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Date of fiscal year end: 02/28 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Date of reporting period: 07/01/2011 &#150; 06/30/2012
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******************************* FORM N-Px REPORT *******************************

ICA File Number: 811-08603
Reporting Period: 07/01/2011 - 06/30/2012
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AINSWORTH LUMBER CO. LTD.

Ticker:       ANS            Security ID:  009037201
Meeting Date: MAY 11, 2012   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  APR 04, 2012

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Robert Chadwick          For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Paul Gagne               For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Peter Gordon             For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Paul Houston             For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director John Lacey               For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Gordon Lancaster         For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Pierre McNeil            For       For          Management
2     Approve Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP as        For       For          Management
      Auditors and Authorize Board to Fix
      Their Remuneration


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AINSWORTH LUMBER CO. LTD.

Ticker:       ANS            Security ID:  C01023206
Meeting Date: MAY 11, 2012   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  APR 04, 2012

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Robert Chadwick          For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Paul Gagne               For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Peter Gordon             For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Paul Houston             For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director John Lacey               For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director Gordon Lancaster         For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Pierre McNeil            For       For          Management
2     Approve Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP as        For       For          Management
      Auditors and Authorize Board to Fix
      Their Remuneration


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BLACKROCK CORPORATE HIGH YIELD FUND VI, INC.

Ticker:       HYT            Security ID:  09255P107
Meeting Date: JUL 28, 2011   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAY 31, 2011

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Paul L. Audet            For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Michael J. Castellano    For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Richard E. Cavanagh      For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Frank J. Fabozzi         For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Kathleen F. Feldstein    For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director James T. Flynn           For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Henry Gabbay             For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Jerrold B. Harris        For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director R. Glenn Hubbard         For       For          Management
1.10  Elect Director W. Carl Kester           For       For          Management
1.11  Elect Director Karen P. Robards         For       For          Management


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BLACKROCK CREDIT ALLOCATION INCOME TRUST II, INC.

Ticker:       PSY            Security ID:  09255H105
Meeting Date: JUL 28, 2011   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAY 31, 2011

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Paul L. Audet            For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Michael J. Castellano    For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Richard E. Cavanagh      For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Frank J. Fabozzi         For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director Kathleen F. Feldstein    For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director James T. Flynn           For       For          Management
1.7   Elect Director Henry Gabbay             For       For          Management
1.8   Elect Director Jerrold B. Harris        For       For          Management
1.9   Elect Director R. Glenn Hubbard         For       For          Management
1.10  Elect Director W. Carl Kester           For       For          Management
1.11  Elect Director Karen P. Robards         For       For          Management


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BLACKROCK CREDIT ALLOCATION INCOME TRUST IV

Ticker:       BTZ            Security ID:  092508100
Meeting Date: JUL 28, 2011   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAY 31, 2011

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Paul L. Audet            For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Michael J. Castellano    For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Glenn Hubbard            For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director W. Carl Kester           For       For          Management


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BLACKROCK ENERGY AND RESOURCES TRUST

Ticker:       BGR            Security ID:  09250U101
Meeting Date: JUL 28, 2011   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAY 31, 2011

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Paul L. Audet            For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Michael J. Castellano    For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director R. Glenn Hubbard         For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director W. Carl Kester           For       For          Management


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BLACKROCK ENHANCED EQUITY DIVIDEND TRUST

Ticker:       BDJ            Security ID:  09251A104
Meeting Date: JUL 28, 2011   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAY 31, 2011

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Paul L. Audet            For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Michael J. Castellano    For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director R. Glenn Hubbard         For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director W. Carl Kester           For       For          Management


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BLACKROCK ENHANCED EQUITY DIVIDEND TRUST

Ticker:       BDJ            Security ID:  09251A104
Meeting Date: JAN 26, 2012   Meeting Type: Special
Record Date:  OCT 26, 2011

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Issue Shares in Connection with         For       For          Management
      Acquisition
2     Issue Shares in Connection with         For       For          Management
      Acquisition


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BLACKROCK FLOATING RATE INCOME TRUST

Ticker:       BGT            Security ID:  091941104
Meeting Date: JUL 28, 2011   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAY 31, 2011

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Paul L. Audet            For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Michael J. Castellano    For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director R. Glenn Hubbard         For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director W. Carl Kester           For       For          Management


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BLACKROCK INTERNATIONAL GROWTH AND INCOME TRUST

Ticker:       BGY            Security ID:  092524107
Meeting Date: JUL 28, 2011   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAY 31, 2011

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Paul L. Audet            For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Michael J. Castellano    For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director R. Glenn Hubbard         For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director W. Carl Kester           For       For          Management


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BLACKROCK LIMITED DURATION INCOME TRUST

Ticker:       BLW            Security ID:  09249W101
Meeting Date: JUL 28, 2011   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAY 31, 2011

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Paul L. Audet            For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Michael J. Castellano    For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director R. Glenn Hubbard         For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director W. Carl Kester           For       For          Management


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BUFFETS RESTAURANTS HOLDINGS, INC.

Ticker:       BUFR           Security ID:  11988P107
Meeting Date: DEC 15, 2011   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  OCT 17, 2011

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director William R. Floyd, Jr.    For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director R. Michael Andrews, Jr.  For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Steven K. Lumpkin        For       For          Management
1.4   Elect Director Michael Markowitz        For       For          Management
1.5   Elect Director David C. Merritt         For       For          Management
1.6   Elect Director William M. Van Epps      For       For          Management
2     Ratify Auditors                         For       For          Management


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SUNPOWER CORPORATION

Ticker:       SPWRA          Security ID:  867652307
Meeting Date: NOV 15, 2011   Meeting Type: Special
Record Date:  SEP 19, 2011

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1     Approve Reclassification of Class A     For       For          Management
      and Class B Common Stock into a Single
      Class of Common Stock and Eliminate
      Obsolete Provisions of the Certificate
      of Incorporation
2     Provide Right to Act by Written Consent For       Against      Management
3     Amend Omnibus Stock Plan                For       Against      Management


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SUNPOWER CORPORATION

Ticker:       SPWR           Security ID:  867652406
Meeting Date: MAY 09, 2012   Meeting Type: Annual
Record Date:  MAR 12, 2012

#     Proposal                                Mgt Rec   Vote Cast    Sponsor
1.1   Elect Director Arnaud Chaperon          For       For          Management
1.2   Elect Director Jerome Schmitt           For       For          Management
1.3   Elect Director Pat Wood III             For       For          Management
2     Advisory Vote to Ratify Named           For       Against      Management
      Executive Officers' Compensation

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report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc. </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ John Perlowski</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">John Perlowski</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Chief Executive Officer of</FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">August 27, 2012</FONT></TD></TR>
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