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                                                                 EXHIBIT (a)(17)

             UNANIMOUS WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE AMPS PRICING COMMITTEE
                          OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF
                        ABERDEEN GLOBAL INCOME FUND, INC.

                            Pursuant to Section 2-408
                                     of the
                        Maryland General Corporation Law

         Pursuant to the authority delegated to them by the Board of Directors,
the undersigned, constituting all of the members of the AMPS Pricing Committee
of the Board of Directors, hereby adopt the following:

         WHEREAS, at its regular meeting held March 14, 2002, the Board of
Directors of Aberdeen Global Income Fund, Inc. ("Fund") determined that it would
be in the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders (both common and
preferred) for the Fund to engage in an interest rate swap transaction with
respect to the interest rate exposure generated by up to one-third of the Fund's
outstanding preferred stock;

         WHEREAS, the Articles Supplementary defining the terms of the Fund's
Auction Market Preferred Stock, Series W-7, dated July, 27, 1992, as amended
from time to time ("Articles Supplementary"), require that the Fund seek
confirmation from Standard & Poor's Rating Service ("S&P") and/or Moody's
Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's") that such activity would not adversely
affect the respective ratings of the AMPS by S&P and/or Moody's before engaging
in such activity;

         WHEREAS, by notifications dated April 19, 2002, May 10, 2002 and May
13, 2002, Moody's has approved the use of interest rate swaps to hedge the
interest rate exposure generated by up to one-third of the Fund's outstanding
preferred stock and the inclusion of such interest rate swaps as Moody's
Eligible Portfolio Property within the meaning of the Articles Supplementary,
subject to a series of conditions;

         WHEREAS, by a notification dated May 6, 2002, August 13, 2002 and
August 26, 2002, S&P has approved the use of interest rate swaps to hedge the
interest rate exposure generated by up to one-third of the Fund's outstanding
preferred stock and include such interest rate swaps as S&P Eligible Portfolio
Property within the meaning of the Articles Supplementary, subject to a series
of conditions; and

         WHEREAS, the conditions precedent to using interest rate swaps to hedge
the interest rate exposure generated by up to one-third of the Fund's
outstanding preferred stock include the requirement that the S&P and Moody's
conditions be included in the Articles Supplementary prior to implementing the
proposed hedge;

         NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Articles Supplementary are
hereby amended to:

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FCO Unanimous Written Consent
AMPS Interest Rate Swaps
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         1.   Add the following definitions of section 1(a) of the Articles
              Supplementary:

         (a)  "AMPS Interest Rate Swap" means a contractual agreement whereby
              the Corporation contracts with an Eligible AMPS Interest Rate Swap
              Counterparty to engage, for a period of time not to exceed two
              years, in an interest rate swap with a notional value of up to
              one-third of the value of the aggregate liquidation preference of
              all of the AMPS (in any and all series) Outstanding at the time
              the interest rate swap commences. If the Corporation fails to
              maintain the AMPS Basic Maintenance Amount (as required by
              paragraph 7 hereof) as of each Valuation Date, and will not be
              able to cure such failure by the AMPS Basic Maintenance Cure Date,
              the Corporation must terminate any then-outstanding AMPS Interest
              Rate Swaps by the close of business on the AMPS Basic Maintenance
              Cure Date.

         (b)  "Eligible AMPS Interest Rate Swap Counterparty" means (i) with
              respect to S&P, a counterparty with at least an A-1+ short-term
              rating or, alternatively, an AA- long-term rating from S&P; and
              (ii) with respect to Moody's, a counterparty with at least an Aa3
              long-term rating from Moody's. In the event that an Eligible AMPS
              Interest Rate Swap Counterparty's ratings are downgraded below
              A-1+ or AA- by S&P, or Aa3 by Moody's, respectively, the
              counterparty will cease to be an Eligible AMPS Interest Rate Swap
              Counterparty and the counterparty must be replaced promptly.

         2.   Amend the following definitions of section 1(a) of the Articles
              Supplementary:

         (a)  In the definition of "Discount Factor," add the following row and
              footnotes to the end of the table of discount factors:

              ------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                       Moody's         S&P
                                                      Discount       Discount
              Type of Eligible Portfolio Property      Factor         Factor
              -----------------------------------      ------         ------
              ------------------------------------------------------------------
              AMPS Interest Rate Swaps              1.18/1.22(11)   1.0526(12)
              ------------------------------------------------------------------

              ---------------

              (11)   With respect to Moody's, the discount factor of 1.18 will
                     be applied when the Eligible AMPS Interest Rate Swap
                     Counterparty is rated Aaa, and the discount factor of 1.22
                     will be applied when the Eligible AMPS Interest Rate Swap
                     Counterparty is rated Aa1 - Aa3, to the extent the AMPS
                     Interest Rate Swap is "in the money" based on the
                     then-current marked to market valuation of the AMPS
                     Interest Rate Swap provided by the Eligible AMPS Interest
                     Rate Swap Counterparty. To the extent that the AMPS
                     Interest Rate Swap is "out of the money," 100% of the
                     Market Value of the AMPS Interest Rate Swap will be deemed
                     a current liability of the Corporation for purposes of
                     calculating the AMPS Basic Maintenance Amount and will not
                     be included in Moody's Eligible Portfolio Property.

              (12)   With respect to S&P, to the extent the AMPS Interest Rate
                     Swap is "in the money" based on the then-current marked to
                     market valuation of the AMPS Interest Rate Swap provided by
                     the Eligible AMPS Interest Rate Swap Counterparty, the
                     discount factor in the table should be applied. To the
                     extent that the AMPS Interest Rate Swap is "out of

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FCO Unanimous Written Consent
AMPS Interest Rate Swaps
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                     the money," 100% of the Market Value of the AMPS Interest
                     Rate Swap will be deemed a current liability of the
                     Corporation for purposes of calculating the AMPS Basic
                     Maintenance Amount and will not be included in S&P Eligible
                     Portfolio Property.

         (b)  In the definition of "Market Value" --

              (i)    remove the word "and" from the end of subparagraph (d);

              (ii)   replace the period at the end of subparagraph (e) with ";
                     and" and

              (iii)  add new subparagraph (f) to read as follows: "(f) as to
                     AMPS Interest Rate Swaps, the Administrator shall determine
                     the net value of the interest rate swaps on a daily
                     marked-to-market basis in accordance with their Valuation
                     Procedures, as such Valuation Procedures may be amended
                     from time by the Board of Directors of the Corporation,
                     based on price information received from the Eligible AMPS
                     Interest Rate Swap Counterparty."

         (c)  In the definition of "Moody's Eligible Portfolio Property," add
              the phrase "AMPS Interest Rate Swaps (to the extent they are "in
              the money")," immediately after the phrase "Repurchase
              Agreements," and immediately before the phrase "Short Term Money
              Market Instruments."

         (d)  In the definition of "S&P Eligible Portfolio Property," add the
              phrase "AMPS Interest Rate Swaps (to the extent they are "in the
              money")," immediately after the phrase "Repurchase Agreements,"
              and immediately before the phrase "Short Term Money Market
              Instruments."

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed a counterpart
of the consent on the date shown below.

/s/ William J. Potter                     /s/ Peter D. Sacks
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William J. Potter                         Peter D. Sacks


/s/ John T. Sheehy
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John T. Sheehy



Dated:        September 12, 2002

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